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NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

Nivolumab is a monoclonal antibody that works by binding to a protein called PD-1 on a type of immune cell called T-cell.

Evening Standard

Valuation Office Agency to be scrapped in latest quango cull

The agency will be disbanded as a standalone division and the majority will be merged within HM Revenue & Customs by April next year.

Evening Standard

Children in England with gender dysphoria to be 'tested for autism'

"This assertion is totally inappropriate and is part of an attempt to further stigmatise and delegitimise trans people and their identities and…

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Children referred to gender clinics 'to be tested for autism and ADHD' under leaked NHS plans

Reports say that health officials will screen children for neurodevelopmental conditions

Evening Standard

NHS app has helped to save 1.5 million appointments from cancellation

Sir Keir Starmer said his Government’s moves to speed up the rollout was leading the NHS out of the ‘dark ages’.

The Independent UK

Half a million UK GP records to become accessible to researchers from China

Intelligence agencies have raised fears about the authoritarian country gathering health data

The Independent UK

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records

Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears

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Fact check: NHS waiting lists have fallen for six months in a row

A graph shared by Labour is not fully labelled and seems to stitch together two different datasets.

Evening Standard

Hospitals in England offered unlimited bonuses for taking patients off waiting lists

Exclusive: Cap on payments for patients removed from lists scrapped amid warnings about waits for cancer care

The Guardian - UK

What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show

Some 193,516 people had been waiting more than a year for hospital treatment at the end of February.

Evening Standard

NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care

The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on staffing the NHS: Wes Streeting needs a plan for its people

Editorial: A reorganisation of the NHS’s headquarters is under way. Now frontline staff need the health secretary’s attention

The Guardian - UK

NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

Evening Standard

UK politics: ‘All options on table’ for Scunthorpe steelworks, says Starmer, amid calls for nationalisation – as it happened

PM tells MPs on the Commons liaison committee that ‘we are doing everything we can to ensure there is a bright future for Scunthorpe’

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Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs

Evening Standard

Quangos could be forced to close or merge under Whitehall review

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced last month that NHS England would be abolished.

The Guardian - UK

Redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in NHS shake-up

Between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs to be lost as Labour abolishes NHS England and oversees cuts at care boards and trusts

The Independent UK

Plan to improve dentistry has comprehensively failed and it’s actually getting worse, MPs warn

A new report has issued a scathing review of the Dental Recovery Plan which was unveiled in February 2024

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The Independent UK

Plan to boost NHS dentistry has ‘resulted in worsening the picture’, say MPs

The Dental Recovery Plan had ‘comprehensively failed’, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The Independent UK

London grandmother may have to move to Scotland to access vital cancer drug unavailable on NHS in England

Breast cancer drug Enhertu costs about £8,000 per session and is only available privately in England, but is offered on the NHS in Scotland

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

‘Ridiculous’ cuts to AI cancer tech funding in England could cost lives, experts warn

Exclusive: Ministers halt money for radiotherapy auto-contouring that would reduce waiting times and address staff shortages

Evening Standard

NHS challenges companies to give staff time off for lifesaving cancer checks

Outgoing NHS boss Amanda Pritchard said that ‘simple steps can save lives’.

The Guardian - UK

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units

Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patients

The Independent UK

DIY cervical screening kits could be rolled out from early 2026, NHS plan says

The health service said plans are ‘under way’ to ensure it can implement DIY testing if it is recommended by the UK National Screening Committee.

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