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A&E wait times show slight improvement in latest weekly figures

Statistics show 63.9% of patients waited under the four-hour target in the week to August 2.

Evening Standard

Foundayo: The new weight loss pill approved for the UK

Foundayo has been approved for treating weight loss as well as type 2 diabetes

The Independent UK

Eli Lilly’s Foundayo becomes first oral weight-loss drug approved in UK for diabetes

Britain's regulator approved Eli Lilly's Foundayo pill for weight and diabetes. This treatment is not yet available through the NHS in the UK. Foundayo will launch privately later this month via prescription. Novo Nordisk's Wegovy pill also received approval for the UK market. The weight-loss drug market is seeing increased…

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England ‘on the cusp’ of eliminating hepatitis C, health officials say

Hepatitis C is spread through contact with blood infected with the virus

The Independent UK

NHS Racism Complaints Hit Five Year High as Nearly One in Ten Staff Report Discrimination

Racist abuse against NHS staff has reached a five-year high, prompting new national standards allowing trusts to refuse care to abusive patients in non-emergency situations.

International Business Times UK

Mental health: one step forward and two steps back?

Letters: Dr Kate Martin is encouraged by the new network of community clinics, while Prof Dr John R Ashton says the forthcoming mental health strategy is an opportunity to grasp the nettle, while Marjorie Wallace expresses concerns about plans to cut mental health jobs in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

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Parkinson's medication hailed as new 'tool in the box' after NHS Scotland approval

A NEW drug to manage Parkinson's has been approved for use in NHS Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Morning-after pill now free at your local pharmacy – what you need to know

Almost 305,000 doses of the morning-after pill were provided free of charge in England’s high street pharmacies in the first five months of the new contraception service, according to new NHS data (October 2025 to March 2026). This figure marks one of the biggest changes in access to emergency contraception…

The Conversation

Swapping exercise for these common activities increases your cancer risk, experts say

Even a slight reduction in daily exercise can elevate the risk of developing the disease

The Independent UK

Britain's Employment Tribunal Backlog Hits 64,000 Cases as AI Drafted Claims Rise

Britain's employment tribunals face a record backlog, with AI tools contributing to a surge in case filings. Judges struggle with lengthy AI-generated submissions, impacting both claimants and employers.

International Business Times UK

The culture surrounding ‘ideal’ childbirth has to evolve

Letters: Molly O’Brien responds to an article by Natalie Morris about her five-day labour, while an NHS doctor shares her personal experience of feeling ‘othered’

The Guardian - UK

Families are being left without support after suicide – and it’s causing more deaths

‘IT was like a domino effect,” says Fiona Ford.

The National (Scotland)

Parents of baby girl killed at nursery fear unsafe sleeping ‘rife’ in sector across England

Katie and John Meehan say responses to campaign they launched after death of daughter Genevieve must be ‘wake-up call’

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Britain is paying the price for failing to invest in its young people

Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state

The Independent UK

Why misguided influencers are wrong to ditch sunscreen during Europe’s record-breaking heatwave

As Europe swelters under record-breaking temperatures, misleading claims that sunscreen causes rather than protects against skin cancer are spreading online – but experts tell The Independent the evidence shows a very different story

Evening Standard

University opens government-funded lab to help train biomedical scientists

The £2.5 million facility at the University of Essex, which includes a dedicated cancer diagnostics laboratory, was funded by the Office for Students.

The National (Scotland)

Review launched after convicted child rapist escaped from escort

An NHS board has launched a review into how a violent child rapist escaped his escort while on community leave

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The Independent UK

‘75 swimming pools’ worth of wasted medicine thrown away in England every year

Wasted medicine costs the NHS at least £480 million annually

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Be nice and be treated, or leave’: Readers call for tougher line on racist patients as incidents in NHS rise

YOUR VIEWS: After a poll revealed a ‘noticeable’ rise in racist abuse of NHS staff, our readers backed calls for patients who abuse staff to be refused treatment

The Guardian - UK

Wasted medicine in England could fill 75 swimming pools a year, pharmacy group says

Industry body calls for greater scrutiny of patients with multiple repeat prescriptions to tackle ‘growing problem’

The Guardian - UK

Millions in England face longer waits for mental health care as NHS providers plan cuts

Exclusive: Seven in 10 survey respondents expect services to be reduced or shut, while more than half anticipate job losses

The Conversation

ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions have increased globally across all age groups, our review shows

Diagnoses for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased in many countries across all age groups, our latest review has found. We have also shown that prescriptions for ADHD treatments have seen similar increases across all age groups.

The Conversation

Does more vitamin D in pregnancy make children smarter?

Vitamins in pregnancy are usually discussed in terms of a baby’s health at birth. But could the amount of vitamin D taken during pregnancy also influence how a child’s brain works many years later?

Woman & Home

Over 65? This 4-minute daily exercise can improve strength and balance 'very quickly', new study finds

The Penn State 4-minute workout has made headlines for being one of the easiest ways to boost strength and balance

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