New images show dramatic transformation of London hospital under redevelopment plans Hospital managers have published new images of what the redeveloped west London site could look like Evening Standard · Sep 30
More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdown The Guardian - UK · Sep 30
How should England pay for social care? Germany, Norway and Sweden take very different routes Prime Minister Andy Burnham has brought forward the deadline for Baroness Casey’s report on social care reform to 2027, from the original 2028. The Conversation · Sep 30
Cooper pledges public health approach to tackling ‘epidemic’ of domestic abuse The Health Secretary was speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. The Independent UK · Sep 30
Yvette Cooper to create national maternity plan after Lucy Letby scandal The health secretary is said to be ‘shocked’ that no maternity services plan has been in place since 2012 and hospitals do not track the deaths of babies and children The Independent UK · Sep 30
How will Burnham’s national care service work – and how will it be funded? PM has revealed more details about a proposed shake-up of adult social care – including a broad timetable The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Tearful Andy Burnham pledges to revive Britain The prime minister pledged to end the ‘wrong direction’ of the country brought on by Margaret Thatcher, as he vowed to scrap the triple lock on pensions and explore closer ties with Europe in a rousing Labour conference speech The Independent UK · Sep 29
Andy Burnham rips into Brexit as he sets Britain on a path to closer ties with the European Union ‘Brexit has done more harm than good,’ the Prime Minister bluntly told delegates at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool Evening Standard · Sep 29
Burnham talks to care workers in emotional address: ‘You are not invisible to me’ The prime minister apologised to those ‘holding a threadbare system together’ The Independent UK · Sep 29
‘KEEP OU-’: Banksy’s powerful anti-Brexit installation to go up for sale Titled “Keep Ou T” and currently displayed ahead of Phillips' Frieze Week Modern & Contemporary Art Auctions in London, the artwork dates from 2019 and goes under the hammer next month. Euronews · Sep 29
Tell us: have you had the shingles vaccine in the hope of reducing your dementia risk? Have you had the shingles vaccine on the NHS or privately because you hoped it might lower your dementia risk? We’d like to hear from you The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Row as Scottish Labour MP says he'd sack half the NHS managers he's met A SCOTTISH Labour MP and former minister has been branded an “idiot” after saying he would sack half of the NHS managers he’d met “in a… The National (Scotland) · Sep 29
Rayner: Pensioners may be willing to back triple lock reform to fund social care Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said pensioners may be prepared to support changes to the way pensions increase if they know where the money is going. Evening Standard · Sep 29
Britons are not ageing healthily – we need to learn from countries that have made it a priority Although we’re living longer, the data on healthy life expectancy in the UK isn’t good. Andy Burnham must reverse this trend to protect the NHS and social care, says public health academic Prof Devi Sridhar The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29 Hospitals in England hit by shortages of common drugs such as paracetamol NHS trusts also report disruption to supplies last winter of co-codamol and blood pressure medication ramipril
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28 Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system
International Business Times UK · Sep 28 Why Were Noah Woods' NHS Records Accessed? 10 Staff Removed as Trust Investigates Suspected Snooping An NHS trust is investigating possible unauthorised access to the medical records of three-year-old Noah Woods, with 10 staff removed from active duty or suspended pending enquiries.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27 Andy Burnham to fight next election with plan for NHS-style care service PM says he is willing to expend political capital to bring in universal service for England funded by ‘everybody’
International Business Times UK · Sep 27 Andy Burnham Promises NHS-Style Free Social Care but Won't Say How Everyone Will Pay Andy Burnham has pledged to replace means-tested social care in England with a free NHS-style system, but says voters will not see detailed funding proposals until the next general election.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27 Three in four UK GPs ‘too busy to talk to their patients in depth’ Family doctors’ professional body finds the majority have no time to discuss preventative measures
International Business Times UK · Sep 27 Ten NHS Staff Suspended After Allegedly Snooping on Medical Records of Dead Toddler Noah Woods An NHS trust has removed 10 staff from active duty or suspended them while investigating suspected unauthorised access to the medical records of three-year-old Noah Woods after his death.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27 ‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto
The Independent UK · Sep 27 Doctor begs women to attend smear tests: ‘Cervical cancer is preventable’ GP urges women to ‘not feel ashamed’ about gynaecological health: ‘This could save your lives’
The Independent UK · Sep 27 Burnham vows to ‘grasp the nettle’ with social care reform to save NHS IN FULL
Evening Standard · Sep 27 Burnham commits to social care reform even if it means unpopular tax hikes The Prime Minister said he was prepared to risk his political future on a plan to provide free social care.