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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

Daily Mirror

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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Independent UK

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

Wales Online

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

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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

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

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

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

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Daily Mirror

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

Pharmacists to assess cancer symptoms and refer patients to specialists

NHS scheme aims to speed up diagnosis process and take workload off GPs

The Independent UK

Pharmacists to help check for potential cancer cases in NHS shake-up

It is hoped the move could help speed up the process of cancer diagnosis.

The Independent UK

More than 380,000 A&E patients forced to wait 12 hours as NHS accused of hiding true scale of crisis

‘NHS cannot hope to drive meaningful change and improvement in A&E unless it publishes hidden data’, royal college warns

Daily Mirror

Covid hospital admissions on rise again in England, latest NHS figures show

The east of England saw the biggest increase in admissions where figures were up 41 per cent, new NHS data show

Benzinga

Palantir Plans To Bid For £360M UK NHS Contract: FT

Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR) is planning to expand its role in the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), Financial Times reported. The firm has supported NHS with its analytics software in the administration of ventilators and PPE tools. Now, the company is planning to bid on a £360 million contract for the proposed Federated…

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Why you might not have to wear a mask in North East hospitals

NHS England has changed its guidance around mask-wearing in hospitals around the country - and this means some of the hospital trusts in our region have begun to relax their rules.

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