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Peripheral artery disease – the biggest killer you’ve probably never heard of

Imagine putting your socks on one morning and noticing your big toe, which has been painful for a few weeks, has started turning black. A trip to your doctor ends in being referred urgently to a specialist. They tell you a bypass operation of a blocked artery in your thigh…

The Conversation

What screenings are available on the NHS to detect cancer early?

Screening programmes can help to diagnose cancer or risk of cancer sooner and improve the likelihood of successful outcomes.

The Independent UK

Health innovation centre looks to future of NHS while celebrating its past

First building to open at Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Centre is named after NHS’s first black matron

The Guardian - UK

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Seven in 10 GPs in UK suffer from compassion fatigue, survey finds

Exclusive: Family doctors say they are so worn out by their jobs that they struggle to empathise with their patients

The Guardian - UK

Urgent referrals of children in mental health crisis in England rise 13% in year

Charity says NHS failure to help more young people sooner is a ‘shocking betrayal’

The Guardian - UK

Rise in number of children needing treatment for severe mental health crisis

Under-18s requiring emergency care can be suicidal or may be seriously ill as a result of eating disorders.

The Independent UK

Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest level

The data shows nearly three in five patients are being diagnosed at stages one or two, when the cancer is easier to treat.

The Independent UK

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Voters dub Keir Starmer’s government ‘incompetent’ and ‘dishonest’ in shock new poll

In his new year message the Labour leader admitted there is ‘so much more’ to do after difficult first six months in No 10

The Independent UK

NHS error meant hundreds of parents did not know children’s sickle cell status

More than 800 African-Caribbean heritage families in Derbyshire were not sent results of tests on their babies

The Guardian - UK

Michail Antonio gives health update after West Ham star’s horror car crash

The Jamaica international needed to be released from his car after getting trapped during the crash in Essex

The Independent UK

Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures show

Admissions for vitamin or iron deficiencies up by more than 10% year on year and as much as tenfold on 1998-99

The Guardian - UK

‘Troubling’ rise in people admitted to hospital due to lack of vitamins

Conditions such as iron deficiency can cause heart failure if left untreated.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s NHS reform: structural change while slashing waiting lists is a big ask

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today, the battle over the government’s contradictory plans for the health service

The Guardian - UK

How soaring fees for private care are deepening England’s dentistry crisis

Ever growing numbers of people find themselves unable to get NHS treatment or pay for the alternative

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UK patients unable to get dental care after ‘eye-watering’ rise in private fees

Exclusive: warning that lack of NHS dentists and soaring cost of private work puts essential care out of reach for many

Evening Standard

Only call 999 in emergencies to help ‘severe pressure’, ambulance chiefs urge

The London Ambulance Service said that, between 2am and 3am on New Year’s Day 2024, a 999 call was received every 11 seconds.

The Independent UK

Fraudsters steal £100m from NHS as scammers target hospitals

Exclusive: Calls for health service to protect itself better after ‘inexcusable’ losses

Evening Standard

West Ham: Michail Antonio discharged from hospital after breaking leg in horror car crash

The striker will not play again this season

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The Independent UK

Teachers, nurses and civil servants ‘could be offered higher pay for lower pensions’

Reform which could affect the NHS, schools and Whitehall and could help avoid future strikes over wages, has been branded ‘dangerous’ by some unions

The Independent UK

Teenage boy was told his tumour was just a pulled muscle - now it’s terminal

WHY NHS CANCER TARGETS ARE NOT INADEQUATE FOR CHILDREN: Eight weeks after he had seen his GP nurse Jack’ Constable’s tumour had grown to the size of a watermelon

The Guardian - UK

England’s health ombudsman criticises CQC for failing to fully investigate boy’s death

Exclusive: Care Quality Commission did not act on evidence casting doubt on care provider’s version of events, ruling says

Evening Standard

OPINION - The crisis in social care is a hidden iceberg that could rip a hole in the NHS this winter

Every year, politicians offer us a new set of excuses for the NHS winter crisis. Found yourself waiting 11 hours in AE? Blame the bad flu season. Struggling to get a GP appointment? There must be a bad strain of Covid on the rise.

The Independent UK

Huge increase in people going to A&E with back pain, earache and even hiccups

A total of 963 perople went to hospital with hiccups

The Guardian - UK

Big rise in people going to A&E in England for minor ailments, data shows

Stretched primary services causing increase in emergency visits for issues from coughs to hiccups, health leaders say

The Independent UK

A&Es treating more people with coughs and headaches

Millions of people seek help from emergency departments in England every year.

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