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Bereaved mothers hold up 56 babygrows in ’emotional’ meeting with Wes Streeting

Some of the mothers said the Health Secretary had been ‘moved, shocked, horrified and appalled’ by their stories.

Evening Standard

Black women ‘not taken seriously’ on maternity care, MPs say

Racism was ‘one of the core drivers’ of poor outcomes for black woman, a Health and Social Care Committee inquiry heard.

The Independent UK

Racism a main cause in poor maternity outcomes for Black women, damning report reveals

The issue is ‘reinforced by bias and stereotyping underpinned, in some cases, by racist assumptions’, the report added

The Independent UK

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We must tackle rising tide of racism and homophobia claiming to be free speech, says Streeting

Exclusive: Health secretary says Labour cannot afford to ignore far-right protests as Starmer under pressure

The Guardian - UK

Voices: As Keir Starmer fights for his political life, Donald Trump flies to his rescue

COMMENT: Though they make an unlikely pair, they share a unique bond and competitive streak – which may just work in the prime minister’s favour, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Who benefits if NHS drug prices soar? Donald Trump and big pharma. Just one more way he’s menacing Britain

The NHS needs cheap drugs, and our economy needs a thriving pharma industry. The president threatens both – no wonder Labour is grovelling to him, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Starmer aide’s exit over lewd Abbott jokes deepens crisis as Trump arrives

Labour MPs talk openly about replacing PM, as third senior ally in two weeks departs after publication of messages

The Guardian - UK

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Who could be the next Prime Minister? Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting among bookies' favourites

Should Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership topple, Streeting and Burnham are just two of the names being thrown in the hat to proceed him

Evening Standard

Hospital league tables will harm, not heal, the NHS

Letters: Readers respond to Wes Streeting’s introduction of hospital rankings in England based on 30 factors

The Guardian - UK

No 10 condemns language used by Elon Musk at far-right UK rally as ‘dangerous’

Comments follow remarks by Keir Starmer who is under pressure to be more proactive in defence of diversity

The Guardian - UK

Mothers and babies at risk of harm in ‘toxic’ NHS cover-up culture, health leader to say

Head of GMC to say ‘something must have gone badly wrong’ when trainee doctors are fearful of speaking up

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: The 14 NHS trusts facing national investigation into their maternity care

Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals among the trusts to be scrutinised in Baroness Amos review

The Independent UK

‘Unacceptable’ waiting list of up to eight years for NHS gender care, reveals health secretary

Exclusive: ‘This breaks my heart,’ says minister Wes Streeting as waiting list tops 42,000

The Independent UK

Toxic cover-up culture in NHS poses risk to mothers and babies – regulator chief

Charles Massey, chief executive of the General Medical Council (GMC), says patient safety is falling victim to an unhealthy culture.

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The Independent UK

Warning mothers and babies at risk due to ‘toxic’ NHS cover-up culture

Chief executive of the General Medical Council (GMC) says patient safety is falling

The Guardian - UK

NHS will die under Reform unless doctors stop striking and work with Labour, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary calls on doctors to embrace Labour’s plan to prevent Nigel Farage getting into power and dismantling the health service

Evening Standard

‘Friends, not foes’ needed to help fix broken NHS, Streeting tells BMA

The Health Secretary was speaking at a special meeting of the organisation.

The Guardian - UK

Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister

With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under way

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The Guardian - UK

Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says drug firm executive

Sanofi’s market access chief urges ministers to come up with a roadmap to raise spending on new treatments

The Independent UK

Calls for ‘pension-style’ tax to help fund social care sector

The Social Care Foundation acknowledged such a new levy would be ‘politically unpopular with some groups’

The Independent UK

Starmer to meet Israeli president amid growing global outrage over strike on Hamas in Qatar

The prime minister said Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha represented ‘a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty’

Evening Standard

Starmer to meet Israeli president after condemning strike on Hamas in Qatar

The Prime Minister said Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha represented ‘a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty’.

The Guardian - UK

Can the old-but-new NHS league tables revive the health service?

The new system resembles Tony Blair’s star-rating regime, which was eventually scrapped. Whether naming and shaming leads to improvements remains to be seen

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on public health: if Labour is serious about reducing illness, it must focus on causes

Editorial: A shift to prevention will only succeed if ministers take a bold approach to regulation and lift people out of poverty

The Independent UK

Starmer condemns Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar

The Prime Minister said the attack violated Qatar’s sovereignty and risked further escalation across the Middle East.

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