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Growing lists for Scots hospital cardiology appointments 'leading to heart deaths' - leaked NHS report says

The numbers dying while waiting on an outpatient appointment at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have risen.

Daily Record

NHS braced for disruption to patients caused by rail strike

People urged to plan ahead for appointments

Wales Online

NHS braces for disruption to patients caused by rail strike

Hospitals in London are likely to feel the brunt of the strain.

The Independent UK

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UnitedHealth Group unit paying $1.5 billion for UK technology company

A division of UnitedHealth Group is paying $1.5 billion to acquire a health technology firm that will deepen the company's business with the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom.

Tribune News Service

Boris Johnson plans to break rail strikes by allowing use of agency workers

Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial action

The Guardian - UK

NHS campaigners demand return of free Covid tests amid fears of new wave

Health workers and some MPs backed a petition delivered to Downing Street yesterday insisting the Government brings back free lateral flow tests

Daily Mirror

Tories to bring in law that lets agency staff do jobs of striking workers

Labour accused the government of adopting the P&O Ferries "playbook" and said replacing staff "cannot and must not be an option"

Daily Mirror

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‘What more fun can you have in a field?’: the bin painters of Glastonbury

Each Glastonbury festival, an estimated 17,000 bins are painted to brighten up the site. We meet the warm, eccentric community of artists who make it happen

The Guardian - UK

The surplus NHS sites that could be sold off for homes

More than £1bn worth of surplus NHS land has been identified to potentially be sold off for new homes and other uses

Wales Online

Signs and symptoms of lung disease as new awareness campaign launched

Monday marks the start of Love You Lungs week, a campaign to raise awareness of lung health. A lung condition can be permanent but there are treatments to slow down progression.

Edinburgh Live

Will free Covid tests come back as new cases soar and threaten to burden the NHS

Covid cases in the UK are on the rise with recent estimates indicating over 1 million people had the virus. There are no longer free Covid tests for all, so some are calling for them to return

Daily Mirror

Scottish patients waiting almost two days for A&E care, figures show

The longest wait time reported was in Ayrshire and Arran where patients waited 39 hours and 41 minutes.

Daily Record

Campaigners claim 'lives will be lost' in new healthcare shake up

The trust said: “Everything we do is focused on maintaining services for local people.

Liverpool Echo

UK summer of unrest? Strikes in the air from barristers to NHS

Several professions could be about to follow rail workers in striking, but reasons and plans vary

The Guardian - UK

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The rail strikes are just the start. Tory cruelty has left workers no choice but to fight back

Johnson will scapegoat the unions, but after 12 years of frozen and falling wages, their members can’t afford another pay cut, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Conversation

Why care home staff in the UK are at breaking point

Since the post-COVID reopening of the economy, staffing shortages in the care sector in England have been of increasing concern. In October 2021, British charity Skills for Care warned that, at 8.2%, adult social care vacancy rates in England were exceeding pre-pandemic levels (which in 2019, stood at 8%). That…

Evening Standard

Cervical Screening Awareness Week 2022: Why are smear tests important and what can you expect?

In the UK, 1 in 4 people invited for a smear test don’t go to their appointment.

The Independent UK

Britain’s mental health faces ‘threat of pandemic proportions’ from cost of living crisis

Royal College of Psychiatrists says £300m is needed to fund and prepare mental health services for ‘unprecedented challenge’ ahead

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Daily Record

NHS Lanarkshire consultant urges women to get their smear as it could save lives

The move comes during Cervical Screening Awareness Week, from June 20 to 26, which urges more women to have a smear test.

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt reveals he had cancer and says his entire family battled the disease

'I have had a minor one [cancer diagnosis] myself which has fortunately been resolved,' the former Health Secretary said

Daily Record

Tuberculosis warning symptoms as one person dies from TB and three others infected

Here is everything you need to know about TB and its symptoms.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson undergoes 'minor' NHS operation as Dominic Raab 'put in charge'

The Prime Minister is resting after undergoing a sinus operation which took place earlier today.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer slated as he moves to rule out freedom of movement

LABOUR have been branded “just as bad as the Tories on Brexit” after it was reported Keir Starmer is set to rule out a return to freedom of…

The Independent UK

Cost-of-living crisis ‘poses threat of pandemic proportions’ to mental health

Mental health referrals hit record levels of 4.3m last year and there is a backlog of 1.4m people waiting to start treatment.

The Independent UK

New technology could help type 2 diabetes patients lose weight in their sleep

A study is investigating whether sleeping in special tents, creating an environment of lower oxygen, is effective at improving blood glucose control.

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