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Prioritise services over ‘naive’ assisted dying bill, says disability advocate

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill likely be voted on on November 29.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

New NHS ‘ping and book’ service will encourage women to attend cancer screening

Under the plans, starting next month, women will be pinged reminders that the are due or overdue an appointment for breast screening.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Rise in NICs will endanger public health services

Letters: While the NHS has been given an exemption to the NIC increase, health services commissioned outside the health service have not, says Greg Fell

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

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Labour’s mental health reforms a ‘lip service’ that could worsen racial inequalities, experts warn

Exclusive: Labour government has yet to commit to funding levels for mental health promised under the Tories

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

GP practices could be forced to close because of tax hike, Streeting warned

The combination of increases in national insurance contributions and higher wage bills could force or cuts or even closures, the BMA said.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Menopause clinics could stop female medical workers resigning, says NHS chief

Claire Low, of United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals Trust, was speaking at the NHS Providers’ annual conference and exhibition in Liverpool.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Health Secretary says assisted dying would come at ‘expense’ of other NHS services

Terminally ill adults with less than six months to live will have right to end their own life under new legislation

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

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What is Varenicline and how does the NHS stop smoking drug work?

It is hoped the treatment will help many people to quit for good – but what do we know about it?

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

'Game changer' stop smoking pill to be rolled out on NHS

It is hoped Varenicline will help tens of thousands of people give up smoking each year

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

New ‘game changer’ stop smoking pill to be given to thousands on NHS

Experts say the pill could help 85,000 people quit smoking a year

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

NHS managers who fail to improve patient care ‘will be denied pay rises’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will deliver a speech setting out new rules around pay and NHS spending on agency staff.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Voters around the world wish a plague on all incumbents. Labour can avoid that fate

Trump’s shock election win has the government feeling nervous. It must remember: bold, fair policies are exactly what the public wants, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

NHS England hopes to save thousands of lives with pill that helps smokers quit

Experts say once-a-day varenicline tablet reduces nicotine cravings and side-effects from cutting out tobacco

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms

Children are being ‘let down’ amid huge waiting lists health chiefs have warned

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

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The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

‘Unlikely’ that NHS will meet 18-week waiting time target, say trust leaders

They also warned there is a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between demand for services and what the NHS is able to do.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

‘Game-changer’ pill to help people stop smoking to be rolled out on NHS

Varenicline works by tackling nicotine cravings and also helps with withdrawal symptoms, such as irritability and trouble sleeping.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

NHS backlog would not be as bad if No 10 had agreed beds funding, inquiry told

NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard has given evidence to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Better care for mental health patients will hinge on funding

Letters: Readers respond to the government’s proposals to reform the Mental Health Act and end injustice in the treatment of severe mental illness

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Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson seen as ‘divisive’ and difficult, inquest told

The third of 62 inquests has heard a breast cancer patient was not told Paterson was under investigation when she was treated in 2007.

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Rachel Reeves accused of business ‘betrayal’ as top bank warns tax hikes will hit living standards

It comes as business leaders accuse the Labour government of having ‘betrayed the nation’ following the national insurance hike for employers

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

Assisted dying unites Kemi Badenoch and Diane Abbott in fears over safeguards

Exclusive: The Tory leader and veteran left-wing Labour MP agree on very little, but both have joined thousands of doctors and nurses who expressing concerns over the assisted dying legislation as details about safeguards are revealed today

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Pay for NHS chiefs to be linked to performance with ‘no more rewards for failure’, Wes Streeting says – as it happened

Health secretary to confirm announcement in speech later this week

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024

How to avoid the chest infection the whole country seems to have

Lung diseases were attributed to 13% of deaths last year

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

UK public sector pay awards to overtake private sector for first time in four years

CIPD report says businesses face higher costs after tax rises in budget as public sector benefits from above-inflation pay rises

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

UK trial to assess if red grape chemical can prevent bowel cancer

Resveratrol, which is also found in blueberries and peanuts, has been found to slow tumour growth in mice

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