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Patients with aggressive cancer ‘slipping through the cracks’ in NHS

There are more than 10,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK each year

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Call for action as half claim they have not been invited for mid-life health MOT

Adults aged 40-74 without other health conditions should be invited for the check every five years.

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

GPs reveal patients now ask about Mounjaro at one in 25 appointments

Doctors are experiencing a huge rise in their workload due to the interest in the drug

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

One in three GPs have never worked in NHS or have left, data suggests

Experts said there were several reasons why GPs are not working in the NHS, including that funding issues mean some are unable to find jobs.

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

How AI could detect signs of mental illness

Researchers in Japan used artificial intelligence to analyse people’s face movements and detect subtle signs of depression

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Bereaved mothers hold up 56 babygrows in ’emotional’ meeting with Wes Streeting

Some of the mothers said the Health Secretary had been ‘moved, shocked, horrified and appalled’ by their stories.

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

New Covid Variant Symptoms Are Almost Unnoticeable As Strain Spreads Quickly

Hundreds of new Covid cases in Ireland are being linked to the new Stratus strain.

International Business Times UK · Sep 17, 2025

New study supports the concept that you can be ‘fat but fit’

New research suggests that the lowest risk of death may not sit neatly in the traditional ‘healthy’ body mass index (BMI) range

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger

Some in Whitehall were aggressive, some openly racist – but more still felt this far-right gathering was the only place they could be heard, says Guardian journalist Helen Pidd

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

First critically ill children from Gaza arrive in UK for NHS treatment

The government announced the evacuation on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025