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Former ski racer Chemmy Alcott: ‘I’m probably more known as someone who broke bones in my career’

After breaking more than 40 bones during her skiing career, Chemmy Alcott is supporting an NHS campaign for people to only use A&E when it’s vital.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting issues cold snap warning as pressure on NHS intensifies

The Health Secretary urged the public to only use A&E in genuine emergences

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting says ‘bitingly cold snap’ puts extra pressure on NHS hospitals

Data shows there can be a rise in heart attacks, strokes and respiratory illnesses during a cold snap as well as increased risk of trips and falls.

Evening Standard

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Millions seeking help for minor ailments in England’s A&Es

Health officials have warned of a ‘tidal wave’ of winter illnesses in English hospitals.

Evening Standard

Brits Are Pulling Out Their Own Teeth for Lack of Urgent Dental Care Says Patient Watchdog

Healthwatch England reveals Brits resorting to pulling out own teeth as NHS urgent dental access falters. With fewer regular check-ups and growing inequalities, government pledges extra appointments but faces calls for deeper reforms.

International Business Times UK

People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds

Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England

The Guardian - UK

Healthcare firm Totally collapses but divisions sold

Rival PHL Group has bought Totally’s selective care and corporate wellbeing subsidiaries, as well as the urgent care division.

Evening Standard

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Software provider fined £3m over ransomware attack that hit NHS services

The Information Commissioner’s Office said Advanced Computer Software Group had been fined over security failings that put personal data at risk.

Evening Standard

London student with epilepsy died after spending days desperately tying to get medication

Coroner demands NHS review following inquest into death of Brunel student Charlie Marriage in Camberwell

Evening Standard

NHS trusts declare critical incidents amid ‘sustained pressure’

Patients who require non-urgent care have been asked to ‘consider other options’ such as NHS 111 or contacting their GP.

The Independent UK

Hospitals declare critical incidents amid 'sustained pressure’ from flu and respiratory illnesses

Patients who require non-urgent care have been asked to ‘consider other options’ such as NHS 111 or contacting their GP

Evening Standard

Huge increase in people going to A&E with back pain, earache and even hiccups

A total of 963 perople went to hospital with hiccups

The Independent UK

A&Es treating more people with coughs and headaches

Millions of people seek help from emergency departments in England every year.

The Independent UK

LAS 'receiving same number of calls as New Year's Eve' as demand surges this winter

Exclusive: Call volumes are higher than at the peak of winter during the Covid pandemic

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

One in seven A&E patients are repeat visitors with unmet needs, study finds

Some patients across UK turning to A&Es five or more times a year due to unresolved medical issues, charity says

The Independent UK

NHS’s top A&E doctor urges people to use 111 services this winter

It is estimated that up to two-fifths of A&E attendances are avoidable or could be better treated elsewhere, according to NHS England.

The Independent UK

Largest study of its kind finds breakthrough in battle against sudden hearing loss

Studies have linked a Covid-19 infection to sudden hearing loss

The Guardian - UK

People in mental health crisis in England can now call NHS 111

Change to single phone line for 24-hour support hailed by experts, though NHS leaders say 111 already stretched

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The Guardian - UK

NHS IT firm faces £6m fine over medical records hack

Watchdog provisionally finds Advanced failed to act to protect data of 82,946 after ransomware attack in England

The Independent UK

Third of England’s pharmacy drug supplies hit by global IT outage, officials say

Multiple hospitals across the country have declared critical incidents following IT outage which hit 3,700 GP practices

Evening Standard

Boy, 3, would have survived sepsis with quick hospital referral

Isaac Onyeka, from Loughton, became unresponsive at home after contracting a Strep A infection which led to sepsis

The Conversation

Who tracked UK COVID infections the best at the height of the pandemic? A new study provides the answer

At the height of the COVID pandemic everybody, from health ministers to Joe public, wanted to know two things: how many infected people are there in the country? And is this number going up or down?

The Independent UK

Warning over ‘long term decline’ in A&E as patients’ experience getting far worse

The CQC warned of long waits for emergency care as patients reported not always getting help

The Independent UK

People’s experience of A&E getting far worse, report warns

Waiting times have increased for both A&E and urgent care centres and people feel less likely to get help, the Care Quality Commission found.

Evening Standard

London warned of ‘devastating impact’ on NHS as doctors begin longest strike in history

Union warns strike is ‘last chance for doctors to restore their profession in the NHS’ as walkout begins

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