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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

The Guardian - UK

NHS ‘reliant’ on private firms and charities for mental health care – think tank

Analysis by the King’s Fund shows ‘a significant increase in the share of NHS mental health inpatient care being outsourced to independent providers’.

The Independent UK

‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain

More government borrowing, more abandoned pets, more sourdough baking. Our panel looks at the ramifications of the pandemic on education, health, arts and life in the UK

The Guardian - UK

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Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countries

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Keir Starmer’s NHS plan: what are the key elements and can it succeed?

PM has promised that 92% of patients waiting for planned care in England will once again be treated within 18 weeks

The Guardian - UK

Long waits in A&E rise as NHS braces for winter

There was a significant rise in the number of people waiting for long periods in emergency departments.

The Independent UK

NHS £22.6bn funding boost in England ‘not enough’, warn health experts

The chancellor’s budget spending increase will largely be absorbed by pre-existing plans, says top thinktank

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Labour wants to build an NHS ‘fit for the future’. Can it cut waiting times?

The party’s pledge for the NHS is ‘hugely ambitious’, says one expert, though others are more optimistic.

The Guardian - UK

NHS waiting list hits new record high and casts doubt on key Sunak pledge

In February 2020, the last full month before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the waiting list stood at 4.57 million

The Independent UK

NHS waiting lists hit new record high of 7.7 million

In February 2020, the last full month before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the waiting list stood at 4.57 million.

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: What really ails the NHS at 75 – and three ways to treat it

In today’s newsletter: Staff are leaving in droves, wait times have tripled and critics say it’s locked in a ‘death spiral’. But the situation might not be terminal, with some big changes

The Guardian - UK

UK health outcomes a 'serious concern': report

LONDON - The UK's performance on key health metrics is a "serious concern" and lags comparable countries, according to a report released to mark the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS).

Bangkok Post

NHS performing ‘substantially less well’ than similar countries, says damning report

Britain has fewer hospital beds and higher avoidable mortality than many of its peers

The Independent UK

Britons’ earlier deaths linked to NHS underinvestment – study

Major King’s Fund report finds Britons more likely to die of biggest killer diseases than in many other richer countries

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NHS’s mounting failures and political neglect laid bare in sobering report

With its 75th anniversary fast approaching, the UK health service is ‘not by any means where it should be’, thinktank concludes

The Independent UK

NHS substantially behind similar countries on life expectancy – report

The King’s Fund published their report ahead of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the NHS.

The Independent UK

Emergency care plan cannot ignore staffing and funding, Sunak warned

Rishi Sunak said his Government had an ‘ambitious and credible plan’ to fix emergency and urgent care in England.

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