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What the papers say – August 27

A variety of stories feature across the front of the UK’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

Chilling warning that scandals across NHS will be covered up as staff say whistleblowers are ignored

In wake of missed chances to catch killer nurse Lucy Letby, figures show doctors and nurses’ widespread concerns about sounding the alarm

The Independent UK

Artificial intelligence used to train staff in ‘UK first for social care sector’

An avatar – digital representation – of a real-life trainer is being piloted with the aim of training 20,000 new carers a year

The Independent UK

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AI used to train workforce in ‘UK first for social care’

An avatar – digital representation – of a real-life trainer is being piloted with the aim of training 20,000 new carers a year.

The Independent UK

The Lucy Letby case must lead to changes in hospital management

Letters: From the business model, to lack of resources, to mushrooming management, readers look at what the NHS must learn

The Guardian - UK

Number accepted on to nursing courses in England falls 13%, data shows

Labour says second year-on-year decline in a row is ‘incredibly concerning’ for future of the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Hospital say sorry after coroner finds mother died due to neglect and string of failures

Barts Health NHS Trust has apologised after Sultana Choudhury, 60, died when a post-op bleed was missed by medics

Evening Standard

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Fury as Jackie Baillie draws 'parallels' between Lucy Letby case and Scottish NHS

JACKIE Baillie has been widely condemned after she claimed there were “parallels” between the case of serial killer Lucy Letby and a flagship…

The National (Scotland)

Ministers indicate support for statutory inquiry into Lucy Letby killings

Ministers initially ignored calls by victims’ families for inquiry that would be able to force witnesses to give evidence

The Guardian - UK

‘A sick joke’: NHS bosses accused of ‘ignoring’ Lucy Letby concerns later handed key whistleblower roles

Revealed: NHS bosses accused of ‘protecting’ killer nurse appointed to investigate warnings from whistleblowers doctors

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby: child murder case highlights need to regulate managers and improve whistleblowing procedures

The recent conviction of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted to murder six others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015-2016, has raised fundamental questions about how something like this could have happened – and why it took so long to stop…

The Conversation

Why CEOs and footballers attract different levels of outrage about high pay

The average pay of FTSE100 CEOs rose by 16% from £3.38 million in 2021 to £3.91 million in 2022, according to the latest figures from thinktank the High Pay Centre. In the same week this was reported, UK political figure Nigel Farage called outgoing NatWest boss Alison Rose’s £2.4 million…

The Conversation

More than half of the children in London haven’t seen a dentist in a year

The extent of London’s dental crisis was laid bare on Friday as figures showed that more than half of London children hadn’t seen a dentist in the past year.

Evening Standard

An August surge, two new variants and a Barbenheimer spike: is London facing a Covid autumn?

Cases have surged by 17 per cent in the last week, with experts blaming waning immunity, increased indoor mixing and new mutations

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Lucy Letby news – latest: Killer nurse to be stripped of NHS pension after baby murders

Warning: distressing content. Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more

The Independent UK

Walkout by senior NHS doctors continues as pay dispute shows no sign of ending

The 48-hour strike by consultants in England continues until Saturday morning.

Evening Standard

City Hall to consider MP’s call to grant Ulez exemption for hospice staff and patients

Jon Cruddas, the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, made the request in a letter to Seb Dance, London’s deputy mayor of transport

The Guardian - UK

Strikes ‘not part of our DNA’ but must go on, say doctors in England

Consultants on picket line raise concerns over staffing as latest figures show rise in NHS vacancies

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The Guardian - UK

A letter has laid bare the scale of poverty in Britain – but will Rishi Sunak be moved?

Life’s essentials cost £120 a week, far above what benefits provide, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Steep rise in children in deprived areas hospitalised with asthma when schools return

London mum chooses to homeschool child over fears he will suffer asthma attack

The Independent UK

Calls for ‘urgent change’ to return NHS dentistry to pre-pandemic levels

It comes after NHS Digital figures showed 18.1 million adults were seen by an NHS dentist in the two years leading up to June.

The Independent UK

Strictly’s Amy Dowden finding it ‘so hard’ as she shares hair loss update during cancer treatment

The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional revealed earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer

Evening Standard

We’re ready for war of attrition if PM wants it, says BMA as consultants walk out

Union official tells the Standard that doctors are ‘in it for long haul’ as fresh strike dates announced

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What the UK’s first womb transplant means for the future of fertility

In today’s newsletter: does the UK’s first successful womb transplant mean that men could one day carry babies?

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby used ‘code’ in diaries that helped detectives crack case

Lucy Letby, one of the most prolific child killers in modern British history, has been jailed for life

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