NHS England ‘set to eliminate list of patients waiting two years for treatment’ People who remain on the waiting list are being asked whether they are prepared to travel to receive treatment. The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2022
‘January 2020 all over again’: Doctors warn Biden’s lack of urgency on Monkeypox is like early delays with Covid Cumbersome response from US federal government mirrors the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, experts say The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022
Teen faces life-threatening epileptic seizures after NHS refuses to fund cannabis drug Four years after a historic campaign to have medicinal cannabis legalised in Britain the Mirror can reveal there is now a block on the NHS offering the lifesaving drugs Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2022
North East hospital boss named as the 6th most influential person in UK health Sir James Mackey is now seen as one of the NHS's most influential figures according to a prestigious list. Chronicle Live · Jun 22, 2022
World’s first IVF baby calls out ‘postcode lottery’ of care A new poll suggests the public are broadly supportive of providing IVF care on the NHS. The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022
UK scientists urge higher uptake of Covid boosters among elderly Fifth of people over 75 in England have not had fourth vaccine, raising concern as case rate rises again The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022
Palantir: Trump-backer’s data firm that wants a big NHS deal Company co-founded by Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel has been criticised for US defence and immigration contracts The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022
Newborn infection trial ‘will fail’ unless Government intervenes, experts warn Two babies on average develop Group B Strep infection in the UK every day. The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022
Labour's Wes Streeting fighting to pull children out of 'Victorian poverty' Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting grew up on a council estate and says the Tories have failed to tackle the inequalities leaving children in a worse off position Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2022
World Sickle Cell Day: NHS rolls out new treatment amid first national campaign launch The announcement comes after the NHS unveiled the first new treatment for the disease in 20 years. The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022
Man paralysed from neck down ‘not eligible’ for night-time care Simon Shaw from south London has been receiving funding under NHS continuing healthcare for people with serious health conditions The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022
Campaign to increase awareness of sickle cell disorder NHS England is launching the Can You Tell It’s Sickle Cell? campaign on World Sickle Cell day. The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
NHS will miss target for 50,000 more nurses by 2024, leaked data shows Exclusive: Ministers are ‘burying their heads in the sand’ over the nursing workforce crisis, nursing union leaders warn The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
4,000 women with breast cancer could benefit from new pill taken twice a day Abemaciclib is a twice-daily pill that is used with hormone therapy Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2022
Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022 Thousands of women with breast cancer could benefit from new NHS-approved pill A clinical trial found that people taking the drug alongside hormone therapy had a more than 30% better chance of their cancer not coming back
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022 NHS to offer women in England drug that cuts recurrence of breast cancer Abemaciclib can improve chances of certain type of cancer not returning after surgery by more than 30%
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 About 4,000 women with breast cancer could benefit from new twice-daily pill The drug, made by Eli Lilly, is suitable for those with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive early breast cancer.
Wales Online · Jun 16, 2022 Thousands to benefit after drug is approved for post-surgery breast cancer patients The twice-daily pill makes it up to 30 per cent more likely that disease will not return
Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022 Summer COVID surge hits care homes and hospitals as 221 outbreaks recorded in Britain The surge in Covid cases is thought to be linked to Jubilee Bank holiday mixing, new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 and waning immunity among over-75s who have not had a Spring vaccine booster
Chronicle Live · Jun 16, 2022 Newcastle hospitals buck national trend as waiting list falls in April - but still sees almost 100,000 wait for treatment Waiting lists for treatment at the Freeman and the RVI fell in April - against a national background where more than 6.5m people are currently waiting for surgery.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 Number of people waiting longer than two years for NHS treatment falls sharply The overall NHS waiting list for England stands at 6.5 million people.
Chronicle Live · Jun 15, 2022 NHS funding could face further cuts, as Sajid Javid says 'no quick cure' for A&E crisis Sajid Javid has suggested at the NHS Confed Expo event that NHS funding could be scaled back further
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2022 NHS England already under as much pressure as in winter, says boss Amanda Pritchard blames inadequate social care, staff shortages and years of cuts to bed numbers for service failings
Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2022 NHS funding could be scaled back as Javid says there's 'no quick cure' for A&E crisis Conservative governments have historically taken the political decision not to fund the NHS to the level seen in similar developed nations. Sajid Javid suggested NHS funding must be scaled back
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022 Pharmacists to assess cancer symptoms and refer patients to specialists NHS scheme aims to speed up diagnosis process and take workload off GPs