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Latest Covid wave peaks as patient admissions levels off thanks to autumn boosters

Health experts described the news as "encouraging" and said it could reflect the impact of the autumn booster campaign, which has now seen around six in 10 over-75s receive a fresh dose of vaccine

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Bristol GP warns of 'trouble on the horizon' as new committee report released

It is thought 19,000 GPs could leave the sector in the next five years, due to being "demoralised"

Bristol Post · Oct 20, 2022

Ministers accused of ignoring scale of problems facing GPs in England

MPs say unsustainable workloads and low morale of family doctors need to be addressed urgently

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

If NHS was in safe hands there would not be 7 million people on waiting list

The latest figures from NHS England show 32,776 people had to wait 12 hours or more to be admitted to A&E in September – the highest since records began in August 2010

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

NHS to establish 'war rooms' ahead of 'twindemic' and 'toughest ever winter'

Hospitals face a record 7 million treatment waiting list as well as high Covid rates

Nottingham Post · Oct 18, 2022

NHS sets up ‘winter war rooms’

The plans come ahead of what is expected to be a difficult winter for the health service.

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

NHS will establish 24/7 'war rooms' ahead of 'toughest ever Winter'

Command centres will be able to make rapid decisions, including diverting ambulances to hospitals where there are free beds amid NHS England's unprecedented plans

Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022

Young trans people accessing treatment outside NHS may get safeguarding referral

Draft guidelines for England state protocols can be initiated in relation to treatments obtained privately

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022

Revealed: Nearly a million Londoners now on NHS waiting list

A total of 996,554 people in the capital were waiting for routine hospital treatment at the end of August

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

Exclusive-NHS drafts stricter oversight of trans youth care

England's National Health Service has drafted new guidelines for treating transgender youth that would call for local authorities to be alerted in some cases where young people have obtained puberty blockers and hormone therapies on the private market, according to a copy of the guidelines reviewed by Reuters.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022