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Private health insurance market grows by £385m in a year amid NHS crisis
Demand for private treatment booms as NHS waiting lists remain long, while more people also sign...
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Record 3.7m workers in England will have major illness by 2040, study finds
Health Foundation report also predicts people in poorest areas will be three times more likely to...
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Thousands of children unsure of gender identity ‘let down by NHS’, report finds
Leading consultant paediatrician says unproven treatments and ‘toxicity’ of trans debate damaging outcomesKey findingsAnalysisThousands of vulnerable...
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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...
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Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone
Only private jabs are available to most, but annual shots could reduce healthcare costs and prevent...
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England A&E wait times led to needless deaths of up to 14,000, data suggests
RCEM calculates 268 people are likely to have died each week in 2023 while waiting up...
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Tory donor Frank Hester raised complaint about NHS contract with health secretary
Exclusive: Man who has now given party at least £10m copied Steve Barclay into email about...
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Mental illness costs England £300bn a year, study shows
Yearly cost to people, business and public sector found to be twice as big as NHS...
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Thousands of foreign nurses a year leave UK to work abroad
Exclusive: Surge in nurses originally from outside the EU moving overseas prompts concern Britain is a...
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‘Chronic’ low pay hurting civil service staff morale and recruitment, say MPs
Public accounts committee finds real-terms median pay has decreased for most Whitehall staff since 2013Morale in...
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Six in 10 nurses in England turning to credit or savings as costs rise
Royal College of Nursing survey shows NHS nurses’ distress as 77% say they are worse off...
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‘I can’t do another year like last year’: nurses in England on cost of living crisis
Three nurses share how they have been affected as survey finds many in NHS in England...
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Tuesday briefing: How the NHS ‘culture of concealment and denial’ hurts patients
In today’s newsletter: Amid many other crises, the standard of NHS care for patients’ families is...
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NHS hospitals hit by shortage of life-saving drug for chronic breathing issues
Doctors told to ration liquid form of salbutamol, which plays vital role in treating asthma, emphysema...
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Drug that could slow womb cancer to be rolled out by NHS in England
Dostarlimab or Jemperli, an immunotherapy used alongside chemotherapy, could extend life expectancyA drug that could improve...
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Worst-off find it harder than well-off to access NHS care, survey finds
Exclusive: findings raise concerns over ‘two-tier service’ with poorer people also feeling less heard by medicsPoorer...
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Government delays plans to double number of medical students in England
Fears for impact on NHS workforce as leaked letter reveals ministers stall on aim to increase...
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NHS nurses being investigated for ‘industrial-scale’ qualifications fraud
Scam involves more than 700 healthcare workers who used proxies to pass test in Nigeria enabling...
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Dentists barred English NHS patients over skipped checkups in pandemic
Clinics de-listed people without warning, forcing them to go private or find another NHS practicePatients across...
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UK cancer patients forced to go private while King Charles begins treatment
Exclusive: As NHS targets are being missed nearly 300,000 people paid for chemotherapy in last five...
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Pharmacies in England to begin treating patients for seven common conditions
Treatment for ailments including sore throats, earaches and shingles to be offered without a GP appointmentPatients...
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‘Gaslit by doctors’: UK women with endometriosis told it is ‘all in their head’
More than 1.5 million women in the UK are affected by the painful condition - but...
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EU silver filling ban could lead to dental care crisis in Northern Ireland, says BDA
Dental union says region will be ‘disproportionately’ affected by EU amalgam phase-out as health service is...
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Physician associates aren’t doctors and shouldn’t be regulated as such, says BMA
Union says government’s plans for General Medical Council regulation diminishes role of doctors and could confuse...