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Using the private sector to bring down NHS waiting lists is 'only a short-term solution', warns trust boss

Leading health figures have warned continued use of the independent sector to bring down NHS waiting lists "could be destructive" in the long-term, and said there is a vital need for a proper NHS and social care workforce plan

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Grim warning signs as cases of medieval disease surge across England

The number of diagnosed cases is at the highest level since just after the Second World War

Liverpool Echo

Joe Wicks makes specialised workout video for people with Parkinson’s

The fitness coach has teamed up with the NHS to help create a dedicated exercise video.

The Independent UK

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A&E testing scheme finds thousands of people with HIV and hepatitis

The £20 million scheme means the testing programme, which started in April 2022, can run in 33 hospital emergency departments over three years.

The Independent UK

Ministers launch £40m pilot scheme to trial wider access to slimming jab

Less regulation of weight-loss drug would make Wegovy accessible to more people

The Guardian - UK

£40m pilot to expand availability of weight loss drugs on NHS

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the use of drugs to tackle obesity could be a ‘game-changer’ to ease pressure on the NHS.

The Independent UK

Government set to ask volunteers to fill social care staff shortages

The expected move follows the success of recruiting in a similar way during the pandemic

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Government to seek volunteers for social care work amid staff shortages – report

Volunteers could do shopping and other errands as part of the programme being launched on Wednesday, The Guardian reported.

The Independent UK

Thousands of pensioners are missing out on eight perks worth over £5,000 a year

From regular cash to top up your income from the DWP to discounted food, travel and days out, there's lots available for older people

Chronicle Live

'Soulmates' tragically took their own lives in double suicide pact

An inquest into their death at Exeter Coroners Court on Monday, June 5, heard the pair were 'joined at the hip' and had been together for 11 years after meeting in a call centre.

Daily Record

The NHS is ‘failing women’, says women’s health ambassador

Professor Dame Lesley Regan said women ‘do not have a fair deal’.

The Independent UK

Leading Newcastle doctor highlights 'lack of investment' in GPs who face 'monumental strain'

Dr Guy Pilkington said general practice had been victim of a lack of investment over many years.

Chronicle Live

Tyneside MP hits out over cancer waiting times and the lack of an NHS workforce plan in House of Commons

Mary Glindon urged the Government to act and publish a fully-funded NHS workforce plan

Chronicle Live

Who should be responsible for mental health care?

Letters: A lecturer says it would be dangerous for staff and students if university employees had to provide mental health care. Plus letters from Bob Holland and Marie Davis

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Magnet therapy for depression is available on the NHS – here's how it works

Magnets to treat depression? It may sound bizarre, but this treatment is now available on the NHS. It’s called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers seek volunteer social care army to speed up hospital discharges

Exclusive: Volunteers sought in England to take equipment and drugs to people’s homes among other tasks

Daily Record

Inside Lewis Capaldi's crippling health battles: Tourette's syndrome, panic attacks and vertigo

Lewis Capaldi announced that he was cancelling all of his gigs until his Glastonbury performance on June 24 in order to rest both "mentally and physically".

Daily Mirror

British mum took daughter, 6, abroad for medical help as 'doctors ignored symptoms'

Mum Abbie Curtis has vowed to only ever use private healthcare and has 'lost all faith' in NHS GP services after claiming doctors back in the UK ignored her daughter's 'horrid' symptoms

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Wales Online

Liz sent her daughter off to uni to pursue her dreams - not to die

Lucy de Oliveira was just 22 when she took her own life

The Independent UK

Government must show how it will pay for ‘unfunded’ NHS workforce plan – Labour

Minsiters faced questions over whether the long-term NHS workforce plan will be funded by borrowing or cuts.

Wales Online

Dolly Parton singer who says her terminal cancer was missed twice doesn't want to know how long she has to live

Carla has decided not to be given her prognosis

Chronicle Live

Foundations to be laid for new £35m Berwick Infirmary building

Foundations for the new Berwick Infirmary building will be laid over the next seven weeks.

The Independent UK

Sarah Beeny: Why I’m no longer scared of cancer

TV presenter is set to release a candid documentary entitled ‘Sarah Beeny vs Cancer’, which follows her battle with breast cancer

Wales Online

'I'd lived with a fear of cancer since my mother died, I'm not scared any more'

Property presenter Sarah Beeny talks from her Somerset home about her candid documentary Sarah Beeny vs Cancer, which follows her battle with breast cancer

Daily Mirror

'Doctors missed four signs I had cancer until I had emergency op to save my life'

Health watchdogs have found Charlie Pulpett's early colon cancer symptoms should have been investigated as red flags after she needed two thirds of her colon removed

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