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Hospital boss denies misleading union over staffing levels during junior doctors' strike

Chief exec says the NHS trust is planning for the next wave of industrial action and trying to rearrange cancelled appointments

Bristol Post

Rishi Sunak flounders over Tory boast public services in 'great shape' in PMQs clash

Tory chairman Greg Hands provoked astonishment at the weekend when he claimed public services were performing well - despite strikes and long waits for NHS treatment

Daily Mirror

Revealed: London boroughs where less than a third of children have seen a dentist in past year

Fears that lack of dental care is leaving children in capital exposed to oral disease

Evening Standard

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Woman given less than 1% survival chance after flesh-eating bug destroys limbs

Emma Doherty survived against the odds when life-threatening sepsis and a vicious flesh-eating infection left doctors warning she had less than a 1% chance of survival

Daily Mirror

Emmerdale star Martelle Edinborough shares update from hospital bed after operation for brain aneurysm

Emmerdale's Martelle Edinborough has thanked fans and NHS staff for their support

Leeds Live

Scots dad devastated over 'precious time' lost trying to find cure for son's terminal cancer

Ben Abbot, from Portobello, first noticed that something was wrong when his eight-year-old son Rudi started complaining of severe headaches and sleeping through the day

Daily Record

Michael Mosley verdict on NHS 'soup and shake' diet as new study shows incredible results

New study has shown the 800-calorie-a-day health service program can permanently reverse type two diabetes

Nottingham Post

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Health workers announce fresh strikes in pay row

The Unite union is balloting its NHS members on the Government’s pay offer, with the result due on April 28, but is preparing more industrial action.

The Independent UK

Losing weight on NHS soup and shake diet can ‘reverse’ type 2 diabetes

Obesity is a major cause of type 2 diabetes, and research suggests obese people are as much as 80 times more likely to develop the condition

Evening Standard

‘I was sexually abused – then I developed a condition that left me housebound’

Ellie Douglass, 18, was bullied all through school because of her skin and often skipped classes, leaving her with just one GCSE

The Independent UK

Colin Beattie ‘steps back’ as SNP treasurer following arrest amid party finance investigation – as it happened

Beattie said he would step back with immediate effect and was cooperating fully with police investigation

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to bring back Tony Blair-style NHS targets to bring down waiting times

Keir Starmer accused the Tories of presiding over a "broken" system and said his team would focus on tackling long waits

Daily Mirror

Peter Andre’s wife Emily posts rare daughter photo as she praises latest achievement

The NHS Doctor and Peter have been very careful when it comes to showing pictures of their two children, Amelia and Theodore

Daily Mirror

What the papers say – April 19

Starmer’s NHS warning among wide range of lead stories.

The Independent UK

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Patients left waiting on trolleys for four days due to ‘unsafe’ staffing levels, report finds

Birmingham hospital issued formal warning over lack of medical staff

The Guardian - UK

Nanny statism fears behind UK’s 30-year failure to tackle obesity, report says

IfG says Labour and Conservative governments have shied away from addressing subject seen as a minefield

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of British people are needlessly going blind. Why?

Patients on long waiting lists are losing their sight unnecessarily, while eye doctors are powerless to help in the face of Tory cuts and neglect, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

The Independent UK

People ‘praying they don’t fall ill or suffer an accident,’ says Labour

It comes as new figures show the longest wait times for 999 ambulance calls in December

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Daily Mirror

UK 'faces higher taxes' as successive PMs have been 'too squeamish' to tackle obesity

The Institute for Government warned that a repeated failure to tackle the obesity epidemic will result in higher taxes and spending - with the problem already costing the NHS £6.5billion every year

The Independent UK

Warnings parts of England becoming ‘dental deserts’ due to NHS dentist shortage

The Liberal Democrats said the scarcity of NHS dental appointments is forcing people to resort to ‘DIY dentistry’.

The Independent UK

Experts call for tobacco levy to help nation become smoke-free

The Government’s current plans are ‘nowhere near enough’, a letter signed by health charities and medical Royal Colleges says.

The Independent UK

Government ‘squeamishness’ over tackling obesity ‘will lead to higher taxes’

The Institute for Government said rising UK obesity rates are harming people’s health, burdening the NHS and seriously damaging the economy.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle mental health wards 'not fit for purpose' warns regulator as NHS trust told it must improve

Mental health wards at the Hadrian Clinic have been slammed as 'not fit for purpose'.

The Independent UK

Starmer: Labour would bring back Blair-style NHS targets to fix ‘broken’ system

The opposition leader used interviews with two newspapers to set out his vision for ‘reform and rebuilding’ of healthcare.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says NHS is ‘broken’ and in jeopardy under Tories

Research by Labour shows 4.5 million in England went to A&E last year due to lack of GP appointments

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