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In numbers: Hospitals in England pushed to ‘near capacity’ as norovirus cases hit record high

Wards are running ‘near capacity’ with an average of 1,160 hospital beds filled each day last week

The Independent UK

SNP ring 'alarm bells' as Labour back for-profit private investment in NHS

LABOUR’S Health Secretary has “set alarm bells ringing” after backing private, for-profit investment in the NHS, the SNP have warned.

The National (Scotland)

GMB Viewers Furious at Wes Streeting Over British Troops Decision as Outrage Erupts Over Same Complaint

Viewers of Good Morning Britain flooded the show with complaints after Health Secretary Wes Streeting defended Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to send

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ITV Good Morning Britain Thrown Into Chaos as Richard Madeley Interrupts for Urgent “Breaking News”

Monday’s edition of Good Morning Britain was momentarily interrupted as host Richard Madeley shared breaking news regarding diplomatic efforts to end the

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Labour's Health Secretary backs bringing private investment into NHS

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has signalled support for bringing more private investment into the NHS.

The National (Scotland)

Campaigning to free Lucy Letby is not the right thing to do, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary says he will believe former nurse’s conviction is fair unless a court decides otherwise

The Guardian - UK

Streeting says ‘waging a campaign’ on Lucy Letby’s innocence is ‘not right’

Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal.

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Health Secretary signals support for more private investment to fix the NHS

Wes Streeting said there is a ‘hell of a lot more to do’ to sort out the health service.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems say Badenoch is echoing Trump’s ‘dangerous rhetoric’ as she claims ‘some cultures better than others’ – as it happened

Conservative leader of the opposition speaks at right-wing conference in London

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby conviction for killing seven babies is ‘fair’ says Wes Streeting criticising campaign for a retrial

The Cabinet minister said he stood by this view unless this conclusion is successfully challenged in the courts

Evening Standard

Starmer says he is delivering on promise to fix NHS after appointments goal met

Figures showed that between July and November 2024 there were almost 2.2 million more appointments compared with the equivalent period in 2023.

Evening Standard

What does Glasgow’s new £6 million private hospital signal for NHS Scotland?

SCOTLAND’S new £6 million “luxury private hospital” – the Elanic Hospital – juts out into Glasgow’s Bath Street.

The National (Scotland)

Labour MPs rake in over £300,000 from donors linked to private healthcare firms

LABOUR MPs have raked in over £300,000 from donors linked to private healthcare amid the party’s push for further NHS privatisation, The Sunday…

The National (Scotland)

Voices: A cabinet reshuffle is coming: will it include Rachel Reeves?

COMMENT: MPs often say that they are not interested in the tittle-tattle of who is up and who is down, but they always are. And, notes John Rentoul, the growing speculation shines a light on ministers’ performances so far

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English dentists ‘walking away’ from NHS work as fees fail to cover costs

Exclusive: Surgeries having to ‘operate like a charity’ and subsidise NHS work by £332m a year, says BDA

The Independent UK

Advertising regulator launches nine investigations into weight loss jab ads

Exclusive: ASA calls number of parallel probes ‘significant’ and describes tackling issue as ‘priority’ after it issued warning to advertisers for drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the health service: the problems go deeper than the boss

Editorial: MPs are right to push for health service improvements. But it is unclear what recent attacks on Amanda Pritchard will achieve

Evening Standard

Someone identifying as llama could be put in straitjacket, Reform UK MP suggests

Lee Anderson questioned if someone identifying as a llama, who then becomes ill, should ask for a ‘doctor, a vet or a straitjacket’.

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Wes Streeting calls out ‘anti-whiteness’ in NHS diversity schemes

The health secretary also hit out at what he called ‘ideological hobby horses’ which he said had no place in the health service

The Guardian - UK

NHS diversity practices hindered by ‘misguided approaches’, says Streeting

Health secretary gives example of staff member promoting ‘anti-whiteness’, but stresses need for DEI policies

Evening Standard

Diversity and inclusion in NHS hampered by ‘anti-whiteness’ claims – Streeting

The Health Secretary said he needed the ‘profession to help’ get back to the fundamentals of promoting equality.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting announces landmark trial to harness AI to speed up breast cancer screening

The trial, if successful, could free up more specialists to help reduce wait times

The Independent UK

Major trial launched to explore how AI could transform breast cancer screening

It comes as the Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan.

Evening Standard

NHS must ‘urgently embrace’ AI to cope with rising demand, college warns

RCR president Dr Katharine Halliday will call for the Government to embrace the rollout of the technology in a speech on Monday.

Evening Standard

What the papers say – January 31

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