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NHS Medicine Shortage Raises Concerns Over Patient Safety

There is a notable 100 per cent surge in medicine shortages compared to January 2022 as seen in the deteriorating health of patients across the UK.

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Striking junior doctors in Wales accuse Labour of driving medics out of NHS

Hundreds of doctors protest on steps of Welsh parliament over government’s refusal to increase pay offer

The Guardian - UK

‘Medicine is going personalised’: Moderna’s UK boss on the coming vaccine revolution

Darius Hughes was a key figure in Pfizer’s pioneering Covid vaccine drive. Now he has changed companies – and sees a big future for mRNA technology

The Guardian - UK

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'National incident' declared after measles cases soar - with some unvaccinated children forced to isolate for 3 weeks

New figures have shown an increase in measles cases in England and Wales, as MMR vaccine uptake declines

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NHS across UK spends a ‘staggering’ £10bn on temporary staff

Exclusive: Hospitals and GP surgeries forced to rely on agency personnel and paying staff for expensive extra shifts

The Guardian - UK

Ben Shankland is a GP, but the rightwing press would tell you he’s an enemy of the people. Don’t listen

As the Tories slash primary-care funding, our doctors are doing their best in terrible circumstances. We must resist the idea that they’re to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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UK wasting ‘tens of billions’ on crumbling infrastructure and badly run projects

Spending watchdog says smarter government can find huge savings for better public services

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Mental Health Readmissions in a Month in England

Premature discharge of NHS mental health patients in England can hinder a patient's potential for complete recovery.

International Business Times UK

Post Office Horizon scandal: four reasons why the government's model for outsourcing is broken

For over a decade, the Post Office and its supplier, Fujitsu, insisted that the Horizon system used in its branches was completely “robust”. When discrepancies appeared in hundreds of branch accounts across the country, the Post Office refused to believe the system was at fault and didn’t challenge the information…

The Conversation

Why is there a medicine shortage in the UK? Pharmacists urge political parties to prioritise issue

34 and 11 serious shortage protocols (SSPs) were issued in 2022 and 2023 respectively

Evening Standard

Junior doctors in Wales to begin three-day strike over pay

Welsh NHS Confederation warns stoppage coincides with one of ‘most pressurised weeks of the year’

The Guardian - UK

Virtual wards ‘not a silver bullet’ for NHS as occupancy levels grow

Patients with frailty, acute respiratory infections and heart failure can be treated on virtual wards, also known as hospitals at home.

The Independent UK

Record 420,000 patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E in 2023 – analysis

Analysis of NHS England figures by the Liberal Democrats has shown that one in 15 A&E patients faced a lengthy wait to be seen

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The Guardian - UK

Why is UK being hit by medicine supply shortages?

Global issues are factor but experts say there are problems peculiar to Britain such as rising costs post-Brexit

The Guardian - UK

NHS medicines shortage putting lives at risk, pharmacists warn

Unpublished figures reveal a doubling of products in short supply over past two years

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Former Yes strategist claims 'political energy has switched' away from indyref2

THE former chief strategist of the Yes Scotland campaign has said "the political energy has switched" away from a second independence…

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What makes a very British miscarriage of justice? Contempt for the ‘little people’

Windrush, Grenfell, the Post Office – all reveal who gets listened to and who gets ignored

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UK doctor brings experience to life in his German hospital drama Krank

Yorkshire-born series creator Samuel Jefferson paid for drama school by working as an A&E doctor in the NHS

The Independent UK

Landmark sickle cell drug axed by regulators

Exclusive: Crizanlizumab was hailed as first new drug to be introduced in over 20 years for people living with sickle cell disease

The Guardian - UK

Labour considers non-dom tax plan that would raise £1bn less than initial pledge

Party may allow non-domiciles to live in Britain for four years before ending tax break, it is understood

Evening Standard

Plans to close north London maternity services would have 'devastating impact', warn MPs

NHS is consulting on whether to close units at Royal Free or Whittington Hospital due to 'falling birth rate' in area

The Independent UK

Social care crisis laid bare as quarter of NHS beds occupied by dementia patients

Demand for social care continues to rise as the population grows older but there is a shortage of workers in the sector

The Guardian - UK

Home Office blamed for NHS bills paid by mothers stuck in UK amid pandemic

Women who were forced to give birth in UK by visa delays say ministers promised they would not be penalised

The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf offers to work with Labour after election in SNP campaign launch

HUMZA Yousaf has offered to work “constructively” with a Labour government to pursue progressive policies and “introduce measures for a…

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