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Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar

Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

The Guardian - UK

Streeting orders review into ‘overdiagnosis’ of mental illness and ADHD in welfare spending crackdown

The health secretary has charged leading experts with finding out whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

The Independent UK

Streeting orders review of mental health diagnosis amid welfare reform drive

The Health Secretary is concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims because of diagnoses for mental illness.

Evening Standard

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Blackpool report: why do England’s deprived areas have the most troubled hospitals?

Clinicians in deprived areas are overwhelmed by generational ill health and poverty

The Guardian - UK

Leaked report reveals culture of bullying and harassment at scandal-hit NHS hospital

Exclusive: report into Blackpool Victoria hospital by Royal College of Physicians finds systemic failings have affected patient safety

The Guardian - UK

UK mortuary workers dealing with Air India crash bodies face deadly chemical levels

Westminster Public Mortuary staff found their remains had been saturated in high concentrations of formalin

The Independent UK

‘Aggressor’ Putin does not want to reach a deal, Sir Keir Starmer says

The Prime Minister said the UK would work with allies to ‘put pressure on in every conceivable way’.

Evening Standard

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused of overstating chess championship win

Ms Reeves has used her love of the board game to promote herself as a strategic and competitive Chancellor

Evening Standard

NHS services will not be cut to fund US pharma deal – Streeting

Downing Street has said the cost would start small and gradually increase to an estimated £1 billion by March 2029.

Evening Standard

Reform UK politician ‘caused a lot of hurt’ to Chinese community over racial slur

Laura Anne Jones was suspended from the Senedd for two weeks for using an offensive remark

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting agrees he has ‘had it’ with the BMA over doctors’ strikes

The Health Secretary said there had been an outbreak of ‘juvenile delinquency’ at the doctors’ union.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting calls doctors’ union ‘moaning minnies’ over strike

Wes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of acting like “moaning minnies” over the doctors’ strike.

The Independent UK

UK says Putin ‘sabre-rattling’ by saying Russia is ready for war with Europe

The Foreign Secretary said the Russian leader should ‘end the bluster and bloodshed’ ahead of Nato talks.

Evening Standard

Public opposition to doctors’ strike at record high as Streeting hits out at ‘irresponsible’ Christmas walkout

Labour health secretary said plans for a Christmas walkout poses a ‘different magnitude of risk’ to previous strikes, saying he is ‘genuinely worried’ about patient safety

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The Guardian - UK

BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political career

Tom Dolphin, who applied to be Labour candidate in 2024, says political career not relevant as he defends strikes

The Independent UK

‘Groundbreaking’ HIV prevention programme aims to end transmissions by 2030

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has unveiled a new HIV action plan in a bid to end transmissions in the next five years

The Independent UK

Why won’t men go to therapy?

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Despite evidence of a mental health crisis among men, there’s still a stigma attached to seeking help. Lydia Spencer-Elliott investigates why so many men will do anything but talk about their feelings – and the harm it is doing them

The Conversation

Racism never went away – it simply changed shape

Prime Minister Keir Starmer thinks that racism is returning to British society. He has accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of sowing “toxic division” with its “racist rhetoric”.

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The Independent UK

Prostate cancer screening should not be offered to most men in the UK, say government advisers

Health secretary Wes Streeting said he would consider the findings

Evening Standard

Prostate cancer screening: Committee says no to testing all men

The UK National Screening Committee said there were more harms than benefits to using the PSA test for screening all men.

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting calls BMA ‘impossible’ and says they made ‘misleading’ claims

Health secretary responds to speech given by GP committee leader accusing Labour of ‘gaslighting’ behaviour

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting makes damning BMA claims in explosive letter to GPs

The Health Secretary and the BMA are in dispute over changes to how patients can contact their family doctors

The Independent UK

‘I was left in agony after cancer surgery – but hospital staff wouldn’t help’

Exclusive: Patient said she suffered nightmares following stay at under-fire NHS trust criticised by health watchdog over staff shortages

Evening Standard

Inquiry into rogue surgeon to hear opening statements

The Eljamel Inquiry was formally set up by Scotland’s Health Secretary earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Streeting gives major pre-Budget speech on child poverty fuelling further leadership speculation

The health secretary’s intervention came on the eve of Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break budget

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