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Elderly patients twice as likely to endure A&E waiting times of more than 12 hours

Patients aged 81 and above frequently endure significant A&E delays and often experience so-called ‘corridor care’

The Independent UK

Inside the complicated social care system – and how much it could really cost to reform

Andy Burnham will host a summit with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey to discuss social care reforms

The Independent UK

Voices: The Brexit Debates: 10 years on, what impact has leaving the EU had on the NHS? Have your say

COMMENT: The Leave campaign famously promised an extra £350m a week for the NHS – the Nuffield Trust’s Mark Dayan and resident doctor Dr Holly Smith debate the impact Brexit has had on the health service’s frontline

The Independent UK

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Ministers have no chance of improving the health of the UK if women continue to be failed

ANALYSIS: Rebecca Thomas takes a closer look at why the ‘healthy life expectancy’ of women has declined far more for women that it has for men

The Independent UK

NHS dissatisfaction is falling – is this a turning point or is something else at play?

For a health service long defined by waiting lists, staff shortages and steady erosion of public confidence, the latest figures offer something unfamiliar: a sense that the mood is shifting. A new survey by The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust records a six-point increase in satisfaction, and the sharpest fall…

The Conversation

NHS satisfaction rises for the first time since the pandemic but ‘still a long way to go’

The latest survey found public satisfaction with the UK’s health service rose by five percentage points to 26%

The Independent UK

Fact check: Resident doctors’ pay and AI-generated soldier video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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Trump pressure to hike UK drug prices could cost NHS billions, experts warn

Anew deal will only trigger further increased price demands and make healthcare in the UK more expensive, say experts

The Independent UK

Introducing assisted dying services ‘won’t be straightforward’, think tank says

A new report from the Nuffield Trust said ‘comprehensive planning’ and ‘adequate resources’ would be needed for such a policy to be introduced.

Evening Standard

Why the UK is lagging behind other countries on measles vaccinations

Declining health budgets and the spread of misinformation are putting children in the UK at risk of measles, as Rebecca Thomas reports

The Independent UK

Alcohol plans ‘not fit for purpose’ as drinking habits change

Experts have issued a call to action to tackle problem drinking.

Evening Standard

Six in 10 people unhappy with NHS, poll reveals amid ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with health service

Nearly one in 10 people feel they have been harmed by the health service in recent years, a new poll suggests

The Independent UK

Major poll reveals ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with NHS

The poll found people still believe in the founding principles of the NHS and the majority believe it needs more money and staff.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting’s ‘high-stakes’ abolition of NHS England will cut 10,000 jobs

Changes proposed by health secretary predicted to save as much as £500m but could be distraction for ministers

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Fact check: Labour MP claims SNP cause 'catastrophic' damage to Scottish NHS

Was the new Labour MP right?

The Guardian - UK

Experts sink their teeth into England’s NHS dental care crisis

Ideas to revive NHS dentistry include a GP-style right to register and fewer checkups for those with healthy teeth

The Independent UK

‘Swathes of social care market could collapse under £2.8bn cost pressures’

The Nuffield Trust said a rise in national insurance contributions and wage bills could see ‘swathes of the social care market collapsing’.

The Guardian - UK

Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns

Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust

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The Independent UK

NHS needs ‘significant’ uplift or faces cuts in areas Labour hopes to improve

Analysis suggests that the health service is heading for a multibillion-pound overspend this financial year.

The National (Scotland)

Labour would leave NHS worse off than in Tory austerity years, research says

THE NHS would be left with lower spending increases under Labour than during the worst years of Tory austerity cuts, fresh analysis has suggested.

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tories would ‘both leave NHS worse off than under austerity’

Analysis by leading experts the Nuffield Trust reveals that main parties’ manifestos would squeeze health spending

The Guardian - UK

Ethnic minorities in England ‘need more GP visits’ before cancer diagnosis

One in five people on average need at least three interactions – but for ethnic minorities figure rises to one in three

The Guardian - UK

NHS faces ‘avalanche’ of demand for autism and ADHD services, thinktank warns

Nuffield Trust says system for treatment is ‘obsolete’ as number of patients in England awaiting assessment hits record high

The Guardian - UK

Seeing same GP ‘improves patient health and cuts workload of doctors’

Study analysing data from 10m consultations in England also says practice can free up millions of appointments

The Independent UK

NHS hit by ‘severe’ drug shortages due to Brexit red tape

Exclusive: Patients put at risk as crisis hits supplies of vital antibiotics, HRT and anti-depressants

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