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The Guardian view on dentists: contractual tweaks won’t stop the rot

Editorial: New appointments for urgent and complex care should be welcomed. But NHS dentistry requires more radical surgery

The Guardian - UK

‘Too thin for help’: Eating disorder patients turned away because their BMI is too low

Shocking report highlights how some patients are waiting up to two years to get specialist help

The Independent UK

Deals put UK-US trade relationship in the spotlight

Letters: Richard Torbett and Nick Dearden respond to an article by Aditya Chakrabortty on Keir Starmer’s medicines agreement with Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

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Why cutting out butter and cheese may be pointless for millions

Meta-analysis of studies involving over 65,000 people showed only ‘high risk’ individuals saw benefits from cutting saturated fats from diets, scientists say.

The Independent UK

NHS must learn lessons of Covid to overcome winter flu, say experts

If not, academics say people will continue to get sick and die while schools close and hospitals are overwhelmed

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘Doctors are not self-indulgent’: Readers on NHS strike action as flu cases rise

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over resident doctors’ pre-Christmas strike, with some condemning its timing amid record flu cases as dangerous and self-indulgent, while others defend it as a justified response to years of pay erosion and NHS underfunding.

The Independent UK

Patients Face Delays as Junior Doctors Announce Longest Strike This Year

Junior doctors in England announce the longest strike this year. Read about the 6-day walkout, the impact on patients, and the ongoing pay dispute.

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Brits Are Pulling Out Their Own Teeth for Lack of Urgent Dental Care Says Patient Watchdog

Healthwatch England reveals Brits resorting to pulling out own teeth as NHS urgent dental access falters. With fewer regular check-ups and growing inequalities, government pledges extra appointments but faces calls for deeper reforms.

International Business Times UK

Older patients ‘will be hit harder than most’ by doctors strike

Up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop work at 7am on Wednesday and not return for five days.

Evening Standard

Dentists to be paid more to see urgent patients under new reforms for sector

It comes as a report suggests dental vouchers worth £150 a year should be introduced in a bid to ‘end the postcode lottery’ of care.

Evening Standard

OPINION - 'The idea that this immigrant son would become a member of the Cabinet was not on my father's radar'

Shailesh Vara is former Conservative Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK’s first Hindu MP

Evening Standard

Super flu: Get the vaccine to protect grandma and grandad at Christmas, says London chief nurse

Having the jab could be the ‘one of the greatest Christmas gift’ if it means not passing flu to a loved one, says top nurse Karen Bonner

Evening Standard

Ministers to back regulation of England’s funeral industry after scandals

Demands for oversight grow after inquiry calls sector an ‘unregulated free for all’ and families seek stronger safeguards

The Guardian - UK

‘Improve the NHS fast or people will fall for the charlatans’ – so says a departing trust head. We’d do well to listen

In his 46 years of service, Nick Hulme has seen the best and the worst of the NHS. He issues a stark warning about its future, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

The NHS is in the middle of a flu catastrophe – but my daughter’s doctors still threw her a party

FIRST PERSON: As the NHS creaks under the strain of the superflu, Charlotte Cripps wasn’t even certain that her daughter’s foot operation would go ahead last week. But not only did she get treated as planned, but she was also given an unforgettable sleepover complete with gold glitter

The Guardian - UK

Dentists in England to be paid more for emergency NHS appointments

British Dental Association says government’s plan has ‘no new money behind it’ and further changes needed

The Independent UK

Disabled father died from sepsis after pleas ‘dismissed’ by hospital staff

The father of two died after waiting 34 hours for antibiotics in hospital

The Independent UK

Measles cases are surging across the US. Experts are blaming the nation’s anti-vaccine push

Doctors say the spread of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy are tied to the nation’s falling measles vaccine rates

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The Independent UK

Major new dentistry plan vows to ‘end the postcode lottery’ for treatment

The changes are anticipated to benefit millions of patients

The Guardian - UK

Officials fear NHS will be hit hard after resident doctors reject latest offer

Wes Streeting and BMA urged to seek mediation as hospitals in England struggle amid flu outbreak

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on birth influencers: the public need protecting from bad advice

Editorial: Our investigation of the Free Birth Society points to problems with maternity care and the role played by technology

The Conversation

As flu cases spike, is it time to start wearing masks again?

With flu season arriving early and NHS leaders encouraging people with symptoms to wear masks in public, a question arises: do masks actually work against the flu?

International Business Times UK

'Sack Them!' Poll Says UK Doctors Who Protest Amid Superflu Outbreak Should Be Fired for 'Putting Lives at Risk'

A new poll shows rising public anger as UK resident doctors press ahead with strike action during a superflu surge, with many saying walkouts risk lives.

The Independent UK

Health secretary’s fury at ‘self-indulgent’ five-day doctors’ strike as NHS faces Christmas flu crisis

Keir Starmer accuses NHS doctors of ‘irresponsible’ behaviour as flu cases surge across England

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