The Latest Breaking News from NHS

NHS operations cancelled or delayed as patients ‘aren’t ready’ for surgery

Almost four in 10 last-minute cancellations were potentially avoidable

The Independent UK · Apr 23

Baby died after NHS trust failed to warn mother of ‘unsafe’ home birth, coroner finds

Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died after complications during home birth encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospital

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifesto

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

Mother of baby who died days after home birth was failed by NHS trust – inquest

Poppy Hope Lomas was seven days old when she died in 2022 following complications during a home birth her mother said she was encouraged to have.

Evening Standard · Apr 23

Women’s Prize winner Rachel Clarke slams ‘empty and vacuous’ books that use AI: ‘How does that constitute art?’

Clarke wrote award-winning non-fiction book ‘The Story of a Heart’

The Independent UK · Apr 23

Drug prices rise by up to 30 per cent due to Iran war, pharmacists warn

Painkillers and hay fever medications are seeing price hikes for customers due to a surge in oil prices

The Independent UK · Apr 23

NHS maternity care ‘not good enough’ as pregnancy deaths increase

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The Independent UK · Apr 23

Top midwife warns ‘things aren’t good enough’ as NHS overhauls care to reduce maternal deaths

Figures show 257 women died either during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth between 2021 and 2023

The Independent UK · Apr 23

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

NHS crisis as more than 13,000 patients wait three days in A&E

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The Independent UK · Apr 23