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Patients to be asked to minimise use of A&E units over winter

Health chiefs are preparing to launch a public awareness campaign encouraging people to reduce A&E usage in a bid to protect the NHS from collapse this winter, according to reports.In a letter to staff, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said winter planning has begun earlier than usual as the “pressure…

Evening Standard

Minimise A&E use this winter amid ‘substantial’ pressure on the NHS, public to be asked

NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said winter planning has begun earlier than usual as ‘pressure on the NHS is likely to be substantial, particularly in urgent and emergency care’

Evening Standard

Patients to be asked to minimise use of A&E units over winter

The head of the NHS has told hospitals to prepare public health campaigns to direct people to other services.

The Independent UK

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NHS to roll out variant-busting Covid booster jab from September

NHS England said people will be offered the next-generation bivalent vaccine where appropriate and subject to sufficient supply.

The Independent UK

Virtual appointments could be key to bringing down hospital waiting times says North East NHS boss

A senior NHS figure has spoken of how virtual appointments for patients are one tool being considered to bring down waiting lists

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Queen hails vaccine rollout as NHS awarded George Cross

The monarch joined the Prince of Wales at a small Windsor Castle ceremony with representatives of the health service.

The Independent UK

Queen presents George Cross to NHS for ‘courage, compassion and dedication’ shown during pandemic

Monarch met with key frontline workers at Windsor Castle

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Smiling Queen stands without her walking stick as she honours 'courageous' NHS

The Queen has joined Prince Charles to present the prestigious George Cross to the NHS at a ceremony at Windsor Castle attended by frontline health workers from across the UK

Daily Mirror

Queen set to present NHS with George Cross at Windsor

The NHS was awarded the bravery award for its ‘courage, compassion and dedication’ during the pandemic and since its foundation.

The Independent UK

Cancer and GP service budgets could be cut for NHS staff pay rise

Royal College of Nursing calls for a 5 per cent pay rise after a ‘decade of real terms pay cuts’

The Independent UK

NHS to deliver chemotherapy drugs via drone in revolutionary new 'same day delivery'

The pilot scheme will see a drone deliver chemotherapy drugs from a Portsmouth pharmacy to a hospital on the Isle of Wight with hope one day drones could provide 'same day delivery'

Daily Mirror

NHS to use drones to deliver chemotherapy drugs

Drone programme will be trialled initially on Isle of Wight

The Independent UK

NHS to trial drone delivery for chemotherapy drugs

The health service says using a drone will cut the delivery time from four hours to 30 minutes for the Isle of Wight pilot scheme.

The Independent UK

Deborah James legacy: huge rise in online checks for bowel cancer signs

NHS chief says James’s last message to public to ‘check your poo’ is life-saving

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High-street blood pressure checks promised in NHS England shake-up

Integrated care systems replace clinical commissioning groups and aim to catch conditions earlier

The Independent UK

NHS patients asked to travel for treatment to help clear two-year hospital waiting lists

NHS England says ‘final push’ will ‘virtually eliminate’ backlogs

The Independent UK

NHS England ‘set to eliminate list of patients waiting two years for treatment’

People who remain on the waiting list are being asked whether they are prepared to travel to receive treatment.

Chronicle Live

NHS funding could face further cuts, as Sajid Javid says 'no quick cure' for A&E crisis

Sajid Javid has suggested at the NHS Confed Expo event that NHS funding could be scaled back further

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The Guardian - UK

NHS England already under as much pressure as in winter, says boss

Amanda Pritchard blames inadequate social care, staff shortages and years of cuts to bed numbers for service failings

Daily Mirror

NHS funding could be scaled back as Javid says there's 'no quick cure' for A&E crisis

Conservative governments have historically taken the political decision not to fund the NHS to the level seen in similar developed nations. Sajid Javid suggested NHS funding must be scaled back

Wales Online

NHS patient asked boss: 'If I was white, would I be treated like this?'

She said it was 'appalling'

The Independent UK

Concern over A&E pressures, but no new money for the NHS – Javid

The head of the NHS in England Amanda Pritchard said that A&Es were facing winter pressures in the summer.

The Independent UK

NHS budgets ‘can only stretch so far’, warns health chief

NHS chief warns over ‘unacceptable’ rise in lone A&E waits

Daily Mirror

Superbug-killing drugs for NHS patients to stop simple surgery becoming deadly

Routine operations could one day become deadly as bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics - but a world-first subscription deal announced in the UK could change this

The Guardian - UK

Pharmacists to assess cancer symptoms and refer patients to specialists

NHS scheme aims to speed up diagnosis process and take workload off GPs

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