The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Monday briefing: The Trump acolytes planning to interfere with November’s election

In today’s newsletter: From stacking election boards to purging voter rolls, we look at the tactics that could sway key states

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

I love the NHS: it saved my life, but the operation to rescue it must be led by the people and its staff

England’s health service is in crisis and government can’t tackle that alone, says Wes Streeting, secretary of state for health and social care

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

White women most likely to get HRT prescriptions in England, study finds

Exclusive: 10-year study finds menopausal women of Chinese and black African backgrounds about 80% less likely to get HRT

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

Why it’s so hard to get an adult ADHD diagnosis – and why it matters

Major private ADHD assessment clinic closes doors to new adult patients amid crisis in demand

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2024

Rachel Reeves urged to ringfence NHS funding on illness prevention

Exclusive: Health charity and other bodies say carving out new category of spending would save taxpayers money

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

Streeting hints at Budget of major tax rises after bagging billions for NHS from Reeves

Health secretary confirms his departmental budget has been agreed and hints at major tax rises on the way

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2024

Wes Streeting denies ‘dystopian future’ over weight-loss jabs for unemployed

UK health secretary says people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ but that medications could be ‘gamechanging’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

Vanessa Feltz says ‘I would not have had the surgery’ if she’d known about Ozempic

‘We don’t know what the long-term effects are but who cares? At least you’re thin,’ said the TV and radio host

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2024

End of life care in England and Wales can’t cope with demand, say doctors opposed to assisted dying

Forecast indicates about 130,000 more people will need palliative care by 2048

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

Experts weigh in on Labour plan to offer weight loss jabs to unemployed

LABOUR plans to give obese and unemployed people weight-loss jabs as part of a drive to get them back into work and reduce pressure on the NHS…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 20, 2024