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Whitehall ‘group think’ and inter-departmental rows slammed by vaccine tsar

Dame Kate Bingham was commissioned by the previous government to help the UK secure vaccines during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds

Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on average

The Guardian - UK

Covid victim’s daughter says legislative change needed over hospital visits

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard that Martina Ferguson had to argue with staff at a hospital for access in the days before her mother died in 2021.

The Independent UK

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NHS managers who silence whistleblowers to be sacked under Government proposals

A new statutory duty of candour making health bosses legally accountable for responding to concerns about patient safety could also be introduced.

Evening Standard

Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Department of Health and Social Care would examine the costs associated with a change in the law.

Evening Standard

NHS crisis ‘a million times worse’ than under Tony Blair, former health secretary warns

Alan Milburn said the NHS needs to be weaned off what he said was a ‘more, more, more’ culture

The Independent UK

Court Holds the First Amendment Bars Florida from Threatening Media with Criminal Punishment for Spreading Supposed Health-Related Disinformation

The ACLU’s wise decision to defend the NRA in NRA v. Vullo bears fruit.

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Wes Streeting says he will not ban cake in the Department of Health as he defends NHS reform

Labour health secretary vows to fight left-wing and right-wing opponents of change as he rejects ‘nanny state’ tag

The Independent UK

Are private hospitals in Australia really facing a cash crisis and could some close?

A toxic stoush between health insurers and hospitals is coming to a head and experts say the sector’s finances are murky. Here’s what we know about the dispute

The Guardian - AU

‘Mind-boggling’: Victorian outreach workers decry double standard for lifesaving overdose drug naloxone

Untrained bystanders can legally administer the opioid-reversal treatment – but frontline staff workers face a legal risk if they do not first call triple zero

The Guardian - AU

U.S. judge hears Alaska food stamp case

Ten plaintiffs sued the state, claiming the Department of Health failed to process SNAP benefits in a timely manner

Salon

Covid Inquiry: Health chiefs failed to learn lessons from London exercise on MERS-coronavirus outbreak

Actions were not properly implemented after the study

Evening Standard

South Africa’s healthcare system: eight steps that would get it on the right track

South Africa’s healthcare system suffers from widespread problems in its governance. A number of indicators point to this dysfunction. These include the large number of managers in acting positions, frequent changes in senior leadership, worse health outcomes than similarly resourced countries, and overall deterioration of morale and trust in the…

The Conversation

Why are some Victorian hospitals saying they’re freezing recruitment and looking for ways to cut costs?

Staff in several hospitals have been told of reduced spending, but Jacinta Allan says budgets aren’t finalised

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The Independent UK

Florida medical marijuana patients get an unexpected email praising DeSantis

Medical marijuana patients and advocates are upset that the Florida Department of Health emailed its patient registry to praise Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for signing the state budget

The Independent UK

Plastic surgeon charged in death of wife who went into cardiac arrest while he worked on her

A plastic surgeon in the Florida Panhandle has been charged with his wife’s death after she suffered cardiac arrest while he performed after-hours procedures on her in his clinic and died days later

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood scandal: inquiry to call for prosecution of those responsible

Report from official inquiry due to present findings in what has been described as biggest treatment disaster in history of NHS

The Guardian - UK

Liz Wolstenholme obituary

Other lives: Advocate for closer links between health and social care services who wrote the national framework for NHS Continuing Health Care

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Doctors warn of hot summer heatstroke

Headaches, constipation and muscle cramps are the top three illnesses people suffer from during summer, according to the Department of Health.

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Indiana Republicans Push For Access To Abortion Reports

Explore the debate in Indiana over releasing individual abortion reports and its implications on privacy rights and healthcare access.

The Canberra Times

Sirius talk: What you said about Health's plan to ditch First Fleet connection

Readers speak out on plans to rename Sirius building.

The Guardian - UK

Health secretary accused of failing to act on shortages of motor neurone disease drug

Exclusive: Shortages of riluzole, which can delay the onset of ventilator dependence, were flagged to DHSC in September

The Independent UK

People with Covid discharged to care homes over fears for NHS, inquiry told

Professor Dame Jenny Harries, England’s deputy chief medical officer, has been giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: obesity jab maker discussed targeting benefit claimants with UK government

Drug firm Novo Nordisk proposed singling out those most likely to return to work with its weight-loss injection

The Independent UK

Chancellor urged to bring forward ‘special fund’ for medicinal cannabis

Conservative Natalie Elphicke raised the issue as she told the Commons of a teenage constituent currently in hospital.

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