Thousands of NHS staff face job cuts across England amid funding crisis Unison claimed multiple NHS trusts are being asked to make cost savings wherever they can The Independent UK · Apr 12
Give me five years to fix SNP mess, Sarwar urges voters The Scottish Labour leader said his party would ‘get the basics right’ if elected in Holyrood. Evening Standard · Apr 12
European-style insurance model will not fix NHS problems, new report says The idea that switching to a European-style insurance model would improve NHS performance has been dismissed by a new report The Independent UK · Apr 12
Votes for populist parties in May elections will put NHS at risk, Streeting says Exclusive: Health secretary warns of dangers of protest vote as he pitches NHS as key elections battleground The Guardian - UK · Apr 12
Scotland’s main political party leaders set for first TV debate of election The leaders will be asked questions in front of a live studio audience. Evening Standard · Apr 12
Expert teams to be sent to worst corridor care offenders in bid to end practice Revealing the plan, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said corridor care was ‘unacceptable and undignified’. Evening Standard · Apr 11
Vulnerable child spent two months in A&E as staff could not find placement Another child stayed in accident and emergency for more than 30 days, according to a report The Independent UK · Apr 11
Britain’s shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan The Guardian - UK · Apr 11
Doctors’ leader claims new reduced pay offer killed chances of ending strikes in England Exclusive: Deal for resident doctors was in sight when sudden change by ministers forced latest action, says Jack Fletcher The Guardian - UK · Apr 10
Streeting ‘not given up hope’ on deal with resident doctors The six-day strike by medics is entering its final days. Evening Standard · Apr 10
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Cell therapy helps woman with three deadly autoimmune diseases make ‘remarkable’ recovery Researchers say this type of cell therapy could help more patients with severe autoimmune disease The Independent UK · Apr 10
Both doctors and the government are handling this strike badly – that’s why there is no end in sight With the BMA making ‘impossible’ demands and Labour responding with Trumpian threats, negotiations are stuck – and it’s the NHS that will suffer, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Apr 10
NHS could save thousands by switching children’s medicine to tablets IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 10
Evening Standard · Apr 9 Giving children tablets instead of liquid medicine could cut NHS costs – experts Researchers examined patients with a condition called congenital hyperinsulinism.
The Independent UK · Apr 9 Children as young as four could be offered tablets as part of NHS cost-cutting drive Experts have estimated that switching from liquid medicines to tablets could save the NHS £40,000 per patient per year
TechRadar · Apr 9 UK NHS chief champions Palantir’s 'outstanding results’ in England, pushes for deeper rollout despite growing staff concerns NHS staff are concerned about Palantir access to database containing details on 1.5 million staff, but NHS Data Chief Ming Tang says her team needs to 'maintain our focus' in the face of staff concerns over Palantir's reputation
TechRadar · Apr 9 NHS Scotland domains reportedly found serving adult content and illegal sport streams A legacy website was compromised and used to promote inappropriate content, but has since been defaced.
The Independent UK · Apr 9 I live in hay fever hell – but a new treatment is giving me hope IN FOCUS : Injections against hay fever were stopped after safety fears. But Lydia Spencer-Elliott discovers there’s a safer treatment that your doctor may not have told you about
Woman & Home · Apr 8 The age you should start exercising regularly to ward off dementia has been revealed in new research - and it's not your 20s or 30s Lifelong exercise habits are always encouraged, but if you've come to working out later in life, you're in luck
The Independent UK · Apr 8 I’m an NHS consultant and British-Ghanaian – global partnerships are crucial as aid cuts bite From my experience working across both the NHS and alongside Ghana’s health system, the message is clear: Partnership is not optional, it is essential, writes Jacqueline Bamfo
The Conversation · Apr 8 Babies: raw, nuanced, real – what this BBC drama gets right about recurrent miscarriage I heard about the new BBC drama Babies the week before it aired and was keen to watch it, not least because miscarriage is so rarely portrayed on screen – particularly as a central storyline. I enjoyed it, insofar as that word can be applied to such a devastating subject.…
The Independent UK · Apr 8 Palestinian girl who lost arm in Israeli attack arrives in UK for treatment after US visa snub Mariam is one of more than 11,000 patients who have been evacuated from Gaza since October 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 8 Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff
The Guardian - UK · Apr 8 Scientists develop AI tool to spot heart failure risk five years before it strikes Oxford team’s technology picked up danger signs with 86% accuracy in study of 72,000 patients in England