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Weight-loss jabs could help obese people control asthma, study suggests

A number of types of the drug are recommended to help tackle obesity on the NHS.

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

The five-day doctors’ strike will only do harm

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The medical staff demanding a 29 per cent pay increase should ask themselves if the misery that their industrial action will cause is worth it. They are gambling with the future of the health service they profess to love – they should go back to work

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

This unnecessary doctors’ strike will hurt patients, the NHS and doctors themselves. Pull back: don’t do it

The BMA is refusing to engage with the government. It is rushing into industrial action that will undermine the entire trade union movement, says health secretary Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2025

Jeremy Corbyn urges 'mass redistribution of wealth and calling out genocide in Gaza' as he unveils new party

He also advocated an NHS free from privatisation and bringing energy, water, rail and mail into public ownership

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Patients struggling to get GP appointments because too many women are doctors, retired surgeon claims

Dr Meirion Thomas said it is a ‘fact of life’ that women have to leave the workforce to have children

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Staff revert to paper systems as IT outage hits hospitals

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The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

‘This strike will harm patients’: Top NHS official’s stark warning as BMA doctors set for five-day walkout

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to walk out at 7am on Friday in a row over pay

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

Temu Partnership Drives Growth and New Jobs for UK Security Firm Safe Tech

Safe Tech, a Manchester-based provider of smart security and fire alarms, has spent over a decade supplying products to the NHS, the Royal Navy, B&Q, and schools — building a strong reputation for reliability, innovation, and quality.

inkl · Jul 24, 2025

NHS chief urges doctors to resist strike action or face financial consequences

Sir Jim Mackey has said the NHS will be ‘much more resistant’ to the demands of doctors

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Voices: Poll of the day: Do you think resident doctors are fairly paid for the work they do?

Resident doctors are demanding a significant pay rise amid claims of long-term wage erosion, but critics argue their current salaries are fair and further increases would be unaffordable for the NHS

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025