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How to tell the difference between Strep A, Covid and cold symptoms - see full list of signs

A number of children across the UK have died from complications caused by the Strep A infection and parents are being urged to look out for symptoms

Chronicle Live

How Strep A can affect adults - from toxic shock to a 'flesh eating disease'

For most, coming into contact with Strep A bacteria will give them mild cold-like symptoms - but others could become very ill

Manchester Evening News

Is the UK really facing a second winter of discontent?

Comparisons with 1979 are misleading – strikes over pay now are smaller in scale and focus, and stoked by inflation

The Guardian - UK

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Strep A cases in your area as UK infections rise 30 per cent

Infections have been found around the country, as authorities warn parents to be vigilant

The Independent UK

Strep A, covid and cold symptoms and how to tell the difference

With so many winter bugs around it can be hard to know what's what

Liverpool Echo

Warning winter at Nottingham hospitals may be 'more challenging than the pandemic'

Strikes and waiting lists are among the issues facing the NHS across the country. Nottingham health leaders have now expressed their fears for the coming months.

Nottingham Post

Mental health staff to work in ambulances and 999 call centres to ease crisis situations

Demand for crisis mental health services has doubled since 2017.

The Independent UK

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Nuffield to lead review into disputes involving critically ill children

The review comes in the wake of high profile court cases, including between the families of Charlie Gard and Archie Battersbee.

The Independent UK

Emergency care at Morriston Hospital Swansea heavily criticised in damning report

An inspection found 25 areas where improvements were necessary at Morriston Hospital in Swansea

Wales Online

'Public sector workers desperately need pay rise - Tories should stop itching for a fight'

Instead of inflaming tensions the Prime Minister should try to understand why so many professions have been driven to take industrial action

Daily Mirror

Strep A: NHS in 'meltdown' as panicking parents swamp services over fears

Sick children have been waiting up to 10 hours on hospital floors to be seen in crowded emergency departments as parents fear for the health of their kids

Daily Mirror

Nurses demand to be 'valued' as pay lags behind much of Europe - read letter in full

The Royal College of Nursing has written to Health Secretary Steve Barclay citing this week’s international report by the OECD as “categorical evidence that the United Kingdom values nurses less than others” as they prepare for strike action next Thursday

Daily Mirror

16-hour day of A&E nurse who leaves at 6am and returns long after kids are asleep

Rachael, who oversees an A&E department at a hospital in South East England, describes a typical day at work. As she leaves her home in the morning, she knows she won't see her kids until the next day

Daily Mirror

NHS boss warns of ‘tough winter’ ahead as flu cases rise

Professor Sir Stephen Powis was knighted for services to the NHS, particularly during the pandemic.

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Tory MP urged to apologise and correct record on ‘dangerous’ Covid vaccine claim

Andrew Bridgen described mRNA vaccines as ‘experimental’.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham parents facing NHS 111 waits due to "sheer volume" of Strep A calls

Nottingham's director of public health says there are no cases of invasive Strep A in the city and that the illness is usually mild

Chronicle Live

Newcastle emergency department has busiest ever day amid 'huge desire' from patients to see medics face-to-face

A&E at the RVI has never been busier.

Manchester Evening News

New council chief for Bury as current deputy steps up

Lynne Risdale will take over chief executive role after current chief Geoff Little retires

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Glasgow Live

How many cases of Strep A in Scotland as NHS send out warning letters

NHS chiefs in Ayrshire have written to the parents of children in affected schools asking them to look out for signs of the potentially serious bacterial infection.

Daily Record

Scots children with Strep A hits 13 cases after 9 deaths in UK

Public Health Scotland said that infections caused by Group A Streptococcus have been increasing since the beginning of October.

The Independent UK

Concerns raised for elderly if no falls cover provided during ambulance strikes

Dame Esther Rantzen has warned that some older people ‘may well die’.

The Independent UK

13 cases of invasive Strep A in under-10s – Public Health Scotland

Scotland’s health secretary said the country’s health service is ‘adequately able’ to deal with Strep A infections.

The Guardian - UK

NHS workers could be banned from striking, No 10 suggests

Downing Street refuses to rule out suggestion laws will be used to stem strikes across health service

Wales Online

'NHS is on its knees' Sick 92-year-old woman left waiting 30 hours in hospital corridor

Shocking photo snapped during ordeal showed dozens of other patients faced a similar 'chaotic' experiences

The Independent UK

Picture reveals packed hospital corridor where 92-year-old was left for 30 hours

A photo snapped by Labour councillor Barry Kushner, 61, showed dozens of other patients faced similarly “chaotic” experiences at the Royal Liverpool Hospital

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