Prue Leith rushed to hospital amid stroke fears after struggling to speak Leith said she started struggling with a migraine that left her struggling to speak while on holiday in Yorkshire The Independent UK · Aug 12
Prue Leith rushed to hospital over stroke fears after struggling with speech The former Great British Bake Off judge, 86, was on holiday in Yorkshire when she suffered a migraine that left her struggling to speak. Evening Standard · Aug 12
Senior medics to get above inflation pay rise, Scottish Government announces SENIOR medics will receive an above-inflation pay uplift this year, the Scottish Government has announced ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 12
Andy Burnham to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid extreme heat PM touts ban on disposable barbecues as areas hit by wildfires – but some Labour MPs will be hoping for more ambitious ideas to tackle crisis The Guardian - AU · Aug 12
Andy Burnham to chair emergency Cobra meeting over 'extreme' weather Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the UK Government’s emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat The National (Scotland) · Aug 12
PM to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid ‘extreme heat’ warning and wildfires Andy Burnham will hold an emergency Cobra meeting on Wednesday as temperatures this week could reach 38C and wildfires rage on. Evening Standard · Aug 12
Itsy Bitsy singer Brian Hyland to perform in Downing St for diagnosis campaign He will perform alongside singer and campaigner Ashleigh Harley to raise awareness of young people who fail to get diagnosed by the NHS. Evening Standard · Aug 11
As heatwaves hit Britain, spare a thought for farm animals Letters: Claire Bass says animal welfare is a blind spot for the government. Plus, Chris Phillipson on the libraries operating as ‘cool spaces’, Mick Beeby on lido restoration, and Dr Julian McDonough on NHS pressures The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
Hard work or humour? Take the British values quiz Poll finds consensus on what makes people proud to be British but deep divisions on issues such as immigration The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
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 · Aug 11
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 · Aug 11
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… The Economic Times · Aug 11
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 · Aug 10
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 · Aug 10
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10 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
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The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 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 Conversation · Aug 10 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 Independent UK · Aug 10 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
International Business Times UK · Aug 9 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.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9 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 National (Scotland) · Aug 9 Families are being left without support after suicide – and it’s causing more deaths ‘IT was like a domino effect,” says Fiona Ford.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9 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’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9 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 · Aug 9 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