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Stopping weight-loss jabs leads to much faster rebound than thought – so are they still worth it?

Weight-loss injections, like Wegovy and Mounjaro, have been hailed as gamechangers. In clinical trials, people lost an average of 15%-20% of their body weight – results that seemed almost miraculous compared to traditional diet and exercise programmes.

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Hospital patients collapsing while out of sight on corridors, NHS watchdog says

Health Services Safety Investigations Body says using corridors, stores and gyms as care areas poses serious risks

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals ‘can’t avoid’ using corridors to provide care amid calls to address risks

An investigation has found some hospitals are adapting corridors and other non-clinical spaces for patient care

The Independent UK

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New mobile diagnostics car will help cut hospital waiting times, medics say

The Society of Radiographers said pilot versions of the car, which offered only an X-ray, reduced patient waiting times by an average of four hours.

Evening Standard

People who stop taking weight-loss jabs regain weight in under two years, study reveals

Analysis finds those who stopped using medication saw weight return four times faster compared with other weight loss plans

The Guardian - UK

People on fat loss jabs ‘put weight back on faster than traditional dieters’

The vast majority of people taking Wegovy and Mounjaro pay privately owing to restrictions on who can access the medicines via the NHS.

Evening Standard

Don’t blame GPs for patients going to A&E with coughs and other minor ailments

Letters: It is the fall in the number of inpatient beds that gums up the A&E system, writes Dr Katie Bramall of the BMA; plus a letter from Jennifer Redshaw

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NHS urges public to ‘waddle like penguins’ to stay safe in icy weather

The NHS has recommended that Britons “waddle like a penguin” to avoid falling over on icy surfaces this winter.

The Independent UK

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The menopause gap: why some women suffer more and get less care

Menopause is often described as “the change”, but for millions of women worldwide it is more than a biological milestone. It is a cultural, social and medical turning point. While most women experience menopause, their journeys are not the same. Ethnicity, culture and access to healthcare shape how symptoms are…

The Conversation

Widow calls for frozen tissue law change after husband’s brain tumour death

Ellie James said she believes her husband would still be alive had the law been in place when he was receiving treatment

The Independent UK

Schools shut for third day as snow and ice warning continues to cause chaos

Aberdeenshire Council declared a major incident on Tuesday

The Independent UK

NHS spending watchdog recommends smartphone apps for asthma patients

New draft guidance recommends using eight apps on the health service for the next three years while further evidence is collected

The Independent UK

The corporate greed that has ravaged the US has wrecked Britain too

Letters: After Robert Reich wrote about the US going ‘off the rails’, Tony Rowlands and Kate Purcell respond from a British angle

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The Independent UK

Thousands left dead or disabled due to shortage of stroke specialists, medics warn

A lack of specialist consultants in NHS hospitals is leaving stroke patients without essential care, experts have warned

The Conversation

MMRV: what families need to know about the UK’s new chickenpox vaccine

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Here’s what parents need to know.

The Independent UK

Beleaguered Starmer appeals for unity at first cabinet meeting of the year

It comes as Labour slip to third place in a YouGov poll, with ongoing questions over whether the prime minister will be pushed out by his MPs

Evening Standard

Starmer says UK ‘turning the corner’ at first Cabinet meeting of 2026

Labour faces a difficult set of elections in May in English local authorities and the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.

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The Independent UK

NHS went ahead with 95 per cent of hospital appointments during doctors’ strike

An average of 19,120 resident doctors were on strike each day over five days in December

The Independent UK

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Study finds school HPV vaccine also cuts cancer risk in unvaccinated women

Researchers have discovered new ‘herd effects’ of school-based vaccination programmes

The Independent UK

NHS Online to offer video appointments for nine common conditions

NHS Online will initially provide support for conditions, including endometriosis, when it launches next year

The Guardian - UK

Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics

Evening Standard

Jesy Nelson reveals her twins may never walk, but what is spinal muscular atrophy?

Jesy Nelson reveals her twin daughters have been diagnosed with SMA, a severe muscular disorder

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour urges Keir Starmer to stay out of Holyrood campaign

Anas Sarwar says prime minister’s missteps have left party clear underdogs in run-up to May election

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