Hot flush pill gets green light for UK use Elinzanetant is a non-hormonal tablet which can tackle hot flushes. Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
New therapy teplizumab could delay type 1 diabetes by years – if caught early For more than a century, type 1 diabetes has meant one thing: a lifetime administering insulin. But for the first time, science is breaking that paradigm – not by managing the disease, but by intercepting it before symptoms even appear. The Conversation · Jul 8, 2025
60 Epic Work Fails That Might Make You Glad It Didn’t Happen To You (New Pics) What's the very worst day you've ever had at work? Bored Panda · Jul 8, 2025
Palantir accuses UK doctors of choosing ‘ideology over patient interest’ in NHS data row Tech firm’s chief, Louis Mosley, dismisses fears that contract ‘threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
Benefit cuts will hit severely disabled people despite ministers’ claims, say charities Exclusive: Charities say planned universal credit changes fail to account for progressive or fluctuating conditions The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
Learn from ‘our Scandinavian neighbours’ about crises and war, ministers urged Pat McFadden spoke to MPs after the Government unveiled plans for an emergency alert system test later this year. Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
Doctors against Palantir’s NHS software put ‘ideology over patient interest’ Louis Mosley, the UK boss of the US tech giant, appeared before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
Downing Street refuses to reopen pay negotiations with resident doctors as fresh wave of strikes announced Walkouts by up to 48,000 medics - formerly known as junior doctors - would have devastating consequences for NHS Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025
Wes Streeting warns doctors ‘the public will not forgive you’ as NHS strike chaos looms Wes Streeting has accused doctors of ‘squandering an opportunity’ by striking, warning they will not find another health secretary ‘as sympathetic to resident doctors as me’ The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025
NHS bosses fear fresh resident doctors’ strikes could embolden other staff The Royal College of Nursing and Unison are undertaking indicative ballots to assess members’ willingness to strike The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everything, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025
Government reveals sweeping changes to fix ‘broken NHS dental system’ Newly qualified dentists could be made to work in the NHS for three years. Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025
Mother of two becomes first UK patient to receive ‘groundbreaking’ new diabetes drug New drug offers future hope that people with type 1 diabetes will not need to take insulin The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025 ‘Groundbreaking’ drug could slow progression of type 1 diabetes A handful of people are being given the medicine on a case-by-case basis while it is reviewed for wider use on the NHS.
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025 Medicine shortages put patients at risk, MPs and peers warn The findings also highlight how shortages severely impact patients with conditions like ADHD, menopause and diabetes.
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 Persistent and widespread medicine shortages putting patients at risk The ‘severe, persistent, and disruptive’ shortages often impact patients with ADHD, menopause and diabetes, a new report says
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025 Doubts and optimism over 10-year NHS plan Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s proposals to transform the health service
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025 Weight-loss jabs helped us when all else failed Letters: Rebecca Nottingham says healthcare for those struggling with obesity is abysmal, while Andy Taylor says Mounjaro has been revoluntionary for him. Plus a letter from Michael E Corby
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025 Demise of Healthwatch England will do NHS patients a disservice Letter: Sharon Grant says the agency, which advocates for patients, will go the same way as previous community engagement bodies, to the detriment of health service users
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 Voices: Why, as a special needs parent, any changes to my child’s support frighten me COMMENT : It took years of wrestling with bureaucracy before my local authority agreed to provide the services that my child is legally entitled to – so I won’t be handing back our hard-won SEND provision without a fight, says James Moore
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 The common bacteria linked to ‘millions’ of stomach cancer cases H. pylori is a type of bacteria that infects the lining of the stomach
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 Voices: ‘Lofty ambition, very little detail’: Readers react to Labour’s 10-year plan for the NHS THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Readers broadly welcomed the ambition of Labour’s 10-year NHS plan but questioned whether, without proper funding, staffing and delivery detail, it could ever live up to its promises
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025 Regulator warns of small risk of serious condition in people having RSV jab Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare but serious condition which needs urgent treatment in hospital to prevent it progressing.