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Modernised NHS app could lead to better and faster care for patients – Streeting

The comments come as a 10-year-plan for the health service is being developed, as ministers look to overhaul and reshape the NHS.

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2025

Does the UK have a mental health overdiagnosis problem?

Mental ill health has been cited as a factor in the welfare overhaul, and experts agree it has worsened since the pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

AI cancer screening rollout should be accelerated in the NHS

Letters: An artificial intelligence diagnostic tool has been unacceptably delayed, writes Dr Julia Schofield. And Jane Ghosh writes about extending bowel cancer screening

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025

Plan to increase access to NHS dentists in England ‘a complete failure’, MPs say

Damning report by public accounts committee finds some of Tory government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025

NHS staff lift the lid on filthy conditions at hospitals

From rats to sewage leaks: NHS staff expose reality inside UK hospitals

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025

Plan to improve dentistry has comprehensively failed and it’s actually getting worse, MPs warn

A new report has issued a scathing review of the Dental Recovery Plan which was unveiled in February 2024

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

From rats to sewage leaks: NHS staff expose reality inside UK hospitals

A new survey of nearly 9,000 staff also reported sewage leaks, faulty lighting, broken toilets, and decaying ceilings

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Britain set to be hotter than Marbella, Ibiza and even LA today with temperatures forecast to hit 24C

Some parts of central England may hit 24C as weather “nearer to what we’d expect in July” continues

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Older people less likely to be given antibiotics, despite higher risk – study

Academics called on GPs to ‘better target’ antibiotics for those at highest need after analysing data on millions of prescriptions.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

NHS hospitals plagued by rats, cockroaches and silverfish, staff say

Some 17% of staff surveyed by Unison do not think their NHS building is safe.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025