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Thursday briefing: Can Labour’s plan for league tables cure the ailing NHS?

In today’s newsletter: The health secretary is introducing performance rankings for hospitals, to reward the ‘good’ and punish the ‘bad’. Staff are fearful and furious

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray’s final departure marks the moment that the Starmer project gets serious

The prime minister has finally grasped that Downing Street must control the narrative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Warning that UK is walking into an ‘accident crisis’ as deaths hit record high

Accidents resulted in around seven million A&E visits in the UK last year

The Independent UK

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Premature babies not having ‘essential’ checks at ages two and four – study

According to the Lords’ Preterm Birth Committee, children who are born prematurely have a higher risk of life-long conditions such as autism.

The Independent UK

Warning over ‘accident crisis’ as number of deaths reaches all-time high

The study found accidents cost the UK £12 billion every year.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on NHS reform: evidence not dogma should be the guide

Editorial: The health secretary is right to link investment to accountability, but he must be wary of creating perverse incentives

The Guardian - UK

Streeting puts failing NHS fat cats in firing line as he warns service is ‘living on borrowed time’

NHS managers have been warned that failure will no longer be rewarded with a cycle of payouts followed by rehires at different trusts

The Independent UK

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Legalisation of assisted dying may force NHS cuts, Wes Streeting warns

Minister has asked officials at Department of Health to analyse implications for other services

The Guardian - UK

Health secretary warns of ‘chilling slippery slope’ as he orders review of costs of assisted dying

Wes Streeting has asked the Department for Health and Social Care to look at costs of assisted dying bill

The Independent UK

Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Department of Health and Social Care would examine the costs associated with a change in the law.

Evening Standard

Reform UK MP says NHS patients ‘should speak English’ in row over taxpayer-funded translators

A Reform UK MP has criticised taxpayer-funded translators for the NHS, describing them as a “complete waste of money.”

The Independent UK

The promise of 5G for easing the pressure on the stretched public sector

How digital technologies powered by a 5G Standalone network can deliver critical cost and carbon savings for the UK’s public sector buildings.

TechRadar

Wes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation

The plan to introduce league tables is a simplistic gimmick that will demoralise NHS staff – and sideline their incredible work, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

He was trapped in hospitals for a decade because he’s autistic – now Nicholas is finally free

Special Report: For more than 10 years, Nicholas Thornton was detained in dementia care homes, psychiatric units and A&E wards because he couldn’t get the help he needed for his autism. It took a huge toll on his health, leaving the 29-year-old unable to speak. Now, one year after The…

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour 'must confirm' if they back 'appalling' hospital league plan

SCOTTISH Labour must confirm whether they support an “appalling” plan to introduce hospital league tables in England, the Greens have said.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying law could come at expense of other NHS services, says Streeting

The Health Secretary said the Government would need to work through ‘a very new way of working’ if the Bill was passed.

The Independent UK

NHS is ‘living on borrowed time’ and only Labour can fix it – Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary has said failing hospitals will be named and shamed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they cannot improve.

The Independent UK

Watch: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs as failing hospitals to be named and shamed

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 13 November, following the announcement of Labour’s plans to name and shame failing NHS hospitals as part of a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance.

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The Independent UK

Watch: Wes Streeting announces NHS name-and-shame league tables

Watch as Wes Streeting announceed government plans to name and shame failing NHS hospitals as part of a package of measures aimed at tackling poor performance on Wednesday, 13 November.

The Independent UK

Streeting says assisted dying bill passing into law will come at expense of other NHS services

Health secretary Wes Streeting has claimed the assisted dying bill passing into law would “come at the expense” of other NHS services.

Evening Standard

Streeting hints at help for health organisations hit by national insurance rise

Wes Streeting said he recognised the pressures that organisations which provided care outside the public sector were facing.

The National (Scotland)

Ex-NHS surgeon breaks down describing 'IDF drones shooting children' in Gaza

A FORMER NHS surgeon who recently returned from a hospital in Gaza broke down while testifying about children being “shot by IDF quadcopters”.

The Guardian - UK

UK will allay Trump concerns over Chagos Islands, says minister, as Priti Patel says Tories opposed to deal– as it happened

Stephen Doughty, foreign office minister, says if UK had not negotiated a deal with Mauritius, ‘a legally binding decision against UK seemed inevitable’

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting to look into NHS physician associates amid concerns over role

PAs are graduates who have undertaken two years of postgraduate training

Evening Standard

Streeting looking into concerns about role of NHS physician associates

The Health Secretary acknowledged there were issues around the associates being used as substitutes for doctors.

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