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Outrage Erupts After UK Health Guidance Lists “Benefits” Of Marrying Your Cousin

"Just when you think we have reached peak, the UK says hold my beer."

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NHS Withdraws First Cousin Marriage Guidance After Highlighting 'Benefits' Despite Known Genetic Risks

NHS England quietly removed controversial first cousin marriage guidance after political backlash, despite knowing about doubled birth defect risks from major Bradford study.

International Business Times UK

Patients to get online access to specialists ‘from comfort of home’ – Streeting

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used his leader’s speech at Labour’s conference to set out the plans for NHS Online.

Evening Standard

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Scotland’s NHS app to launch next year with full rollout expected by 2030

Government papers who ‘national priority services’ will not be available on the app until 2028.

Evening Standard

Parents and carers can use NHS app to help family ‘as easily as using Netflix’

A new family feature is being piloted before being rolled out across the NHS in England.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Labour’s NHS reforms: where is the plan to deliver them?

Editorial: Bold announcements about restructuring appear to have taken priority over implementation

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s NHS job cuts plan in chaos amid row over £1bn costs

Integrated care boards in England cannot afford severance payments, leaving restructuring plan in chaos, union says

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GPs see workload increase due to demand for weight-loss jab Mounjaro

The vast majority of patients on Mounjaro currently pay for it privately but some patients can get it on the NHS.

Evening Standard

‘War game’ exercises preparing NHS for winter pressures

The head of the NHS in England said ‘the coming colder months will be much more challenging’.

The Independent UK

NHS running ‘war game’ exercises as bosses predict busy winter

Local health organisations are asking for special attention to patients considered most vulnerable to winter viruses and hospital admissions

The Independent UK

C-sections delayed and babies kept on unsafe wards – the crisis at crumbling NHS maternity units laid bare

NHS warns maternity buildings and equipment are at ‘imminent risk of breakdown’

The Independent UK

What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment has risen for the second month in a row.

Evening Standard

Waiting list for planned hospital treatment rises for second month in a row

The Government has said it has an ‘ambitious target’ to cut maximum wait times from 18 months to 18 weeks for NHS patients across England.

Evening Standard

NHS Reveals Best and Worst-Performing Hospitals in England - Is Your Healthcare Provider Included?

NHS England reveals the list of best-performing and worst-peforming hospitals through a new league table.

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Only half of people with cancer are diagnosed within NHS target time, analysis finds

Urgently referred patients are having to wait more than 28 days to receive a cancer diagnosis, exceeding NHS England’s target time

The Guardian - UK

Can the old-but-new NHS league tables revive the health service?

The new system resembles Tony Blair’s star-rating regime, which was eventually scrapped. Whether naming and shaming leads to improvements remains to be seen

Evening Standard

Interactive map shows the best and worst NHS hospital trusts in London

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust came out top nationally in the Government’s new NHS league table

The Independent UK

New NHS league tables will leave managers ‘looking over their shoulders’

Wes Streeting said he hopes the move will help end a ‘postcode lottery’ when it comes to healthcare.

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Best and worst-performing NHS trusts in England named in new league tables

Wes Streeting said he hopes the move will help end a ‘postcode lottery’ when it comes to healthcare.

The Independent UK

Helpfulness of NHS league tables ‘questionable’, experts say

It comes as league tables naming and shaming failing hospitals are set to be published for the first time on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

NHS urges young people not to use ‘harmful’ AI chatbots as therapist

A YouGov poll found that nearly a third (31 per cent) of young people in the UK said they would be comfortable discussing mental health issues with an AI chatbot instead of a human therapist

The Independent UK

NHS chiefs demand urgent action over staff flu jabs after uptake halves since pandemic

‘Low uptake is neither inevitable nor irreversible,’ health bosses say as flu jab rates fall among staff

Evening Standard

NHS cancels record number of planned operations at the last minute, data shows

The analysis by the PA news agency’s RADAR service also found more patients are waiting longer than the recommended 28 days for a new date.

The Independent UK

New technology for diabetic pregnant women will reduce risk of miscarriage and stillbirth

The new technology, known as a hybrid closed loop system, will help reduce the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage

The Independent UK

‘Artificial pancreas’ to be given to women with diabetes to cut pregnancy risks

Mothers-to-be with the condition have higher risks as pregnancy hormones can make it harder for them to regulate their blood glucose levels.

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