How NHS staff face vile racist abuse after ‘noticeable’ rise in incidents IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 4
How the UK is training its 'surgeons of the future' with robots The NHS wants robots in nine out of 10 keyhole surgeries by 2035. At a London hospital already using the newest system, surgeons and patients say the change is already being felt. Euronews · Aug 4
Man refused to let non-white sonographer scan his pregnant wife as poll reveals ‘noticeable’ rise in NHS racism ‘Noticeable’ increase in xenophobic and racist comments towards NHS staff made in past 18 months, experts say The Independent UK · Aug 3
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff The Guardian - UK · Aug 3
Leading expert says ‘anyone can have autism now’ as she claims spectrum is too broad Professor Dame Uta Frith said social media could also be spreading ‘simplified or misleading ideas’ about autism The Independent UK · Aug 3
Comedy Legend Jimmy Cricket Dies Aged 80 as Family Pays Heartbreaking Tribute to 'And There's More' Star Jimmy Cricket, famed for his clean comedy and iconic catchphrases, has died at 80. Known for his family-friendly humour, he continued to entertain even in his final days. International Business Times UK · Aug 3
Fact check: Number 10 North and football tickets on the NHS? Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact. Evening Standard · Aug 3
The best way to protect NHS patients’ data Letter: A genuinely competitive market would prevent any single company’s decisions from putting the system at risk, says Prof Erika Denton The Guardian - UK · Aug 3
NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ move The Guardian - UK · Aug 3
Alex Cooper hits back at troll's pregnancy comment Alex Cooper and her husband, Matt Kaplan, are expecting their first child together. BANG Premier · Aug 2
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’ After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain The Guardian - UK · Aug 2
Voices: ‘We are keeping people alive longer, not living longer’: Readers on the true cost of caring for a loved one YOUR VIEWS: As Andy Burnham vows to overhaul social care, our readers shared the raw reality of caring for a loved one, from the exhausting grind of professional care work to a devastating account of watching a wife decline, day after day, in a care home The Independent UK · Aug 1
‘I felt sick that he was near my mum’: a top amputation surgeon had his own legs removed due to a fetish. Were his patients safe? Neil Hopper was celebrated for continuing to do his job despite the loss of his lower limbs. But what the people he was treating didn’t know was that his injuries were self-inflicted. Now they and their families are asking questions The Guardian - UK · Aug 1
High court clears way for clinical trial giving puberty blockers to children Legal challenge to King’s College London research study claimed it could harm participants but was rejected The Guardian - UK · Jul 31
The Conversation · Jul 31 Britain’s quarter century: wealth and widening inequality In this second part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we look at the finances of both the nation and individuals, before turning to housing and business.
Medical Daily · Jul 31 A Long COVID Trial Found Fatigue Improved with Specialist Care While Routine Full Body Scans Added Nothing In the largest long COVID care trial, fatigue improved across all groups over 12 weeks. Adding routine multi-organ MRI scans produced no benefit.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 31 Medical colleges condemn scrapping of NHS placements for overseas doctors Scheme brought in up to 500 foreign-trained doctors a year and was seen as example of British ‘soft power’
The Conversation · Jul 30 Why Andy Burnham is right to want for-profit firms out of social care Prime minister Andy Burnham announced on Wednesday his commitment to improving England’s social care system.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30 England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season
The Independent UK · Jul 30 First-time mum diagnosed with leukaemia after dismissing ‘common pregnancy symptoms’ Rebecca Robinson was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) just 10 days after giving birth
The Independent UK · Jul 29 Elderly patients twice as likely to endure A&E waiting times of more than 12 hours Patients aged 81 and above frequently endure significant A&E delays and often experience so-called ‘corridor care’
The Independent UK · Jul 29 PM has grasped the social care nettle, but the sting remains in how to pay for it THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If the prime minister’s vow to overhaul the ‘broken system’ comes to nothing, he could do worse than revisit the 2011 Dilnot Report, whose central recommendations were never implemented but remain strikingly pertinent
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29 Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for change
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29 Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that Burnham seems ready to use his power and influence. He understands the depth of this crisis: the task is persuading all those still in denial, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29 ‘You have to sit quietly until you die’: The families failed by England’s social care system Carers tell of their struggles to get loved ones the support they need, and the emotional and financial toll caring takes on their own lives