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Experts call for tobacco levy to help nation become smoke-free

The Government’s current plans are ‘nowhere near enough’, a letter signed by health charities and medical Royal Colleges says.

The Independent UK

Tory social care 'betrayal' sparks fury with plan to slash workforce funding in HALF

The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'

Daily Mirror

Family doctors facing ‘insurmountable’ pressures, warn leading GPs

A report suggests one in four GP staff fear their practice is in danger of closing.

The Independent UK

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Deteriorating infrastructure in NHS hospitals endangering patients’ safety, says report

Patients and staff are using buildings with ‘leaking roofs and broken boilers’

The Independent UK

NHS hospitals at risk of ‘sudden collapse’ put patients in danger, says report

Patients and staff are using buildings with ‘leaking roofs and broken boilers’ while some hospitals have not replaced old building materials.

The Independent UK

What is Rare Diseases Day? Department of Health to tackle health inequalities

Rare Diseases Day is intended to raise awareness and make access to treatment fairer for those suffering from uncommon conditions

Evening Standard

23,000 people died last year because of long waits at A&E, say experts

The RCEM found that in 2022 some 1,656,206 patients in England waited 12 hours or more from their time of arrival in an emergency department until they were admitted, transferred or discharged

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Call for sperm and egg donors to be identifiable after the birth of a child

At present children can only find out the identity of their biological parent when they are 18.

The Independent UK

College claims 23,000 excess deaths in 2022 were ‘linked to A&E waits’

A new briefing paper by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine examined long waits and excess deaths.

The Independent UK

'Ticking time bomb' Merseyside hospital made of 'chocolate Aero' concrete

The hospital is one of 34 NHS buildings constructed with the special type of cheap concrete that contains air bubbles

Liverpool Echo

Tories propose measly 3.5% pay rise for nurses, teachers and police in public sector plan

Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to offer a pay rise in line with inflation after unprecedented strikes which has seen tens of thousands of NHS staff, teachers and civil servants walk out

Daily Mirror

Doctors urge Health Secretary to meet over strikes

The BMA said at present it understands that only civil servants are due to meet union representatives.

The Independent UK

More than 84,000 newborn babies ‘missed out’ on health visitor checks

Figures from the Institute of Health Visiting suggest England has a national shortage of at least 5,000 health visitors.

The Independent UK

Firm won £25.8m PPE contract after Greg Hands approached by Tory activist

Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPE

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Wales Online

'Alarming' escalation in England nurses' strikes threatened if no pay deal found

Dispute involving nurses in England could be extended to involve staff from emergency departments, intensive care and cancer wards

The Guardian - UK

Nurses set to withdraw from A&E and intensive care units as strike intensifies

UK’s biggest nursing union prompts alarm among senior officials by calling on intensive care workers to join walkouts

The Guardian - UK

New diabetes drugs do not tackle root causes of obesity, experts warn

Doctors say preventing obesity by avoiding unhealthy food is better than trying to reverse its effects

The Independent UK

Patients harmed in NHS scandals waiting too long for redress, MPs say

Recommendations were made more than two years ago after a report concluded patients came to ‘avoidable harm’ in the healthcare system.

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Chronicle Live

'What were you apologising for?' - Government lawyer refuses to say what Infected Blood apology was actually for

Eleanor Grey KC said the Department of Health and Social Care 'would not be setting out a position' on what went wrong in the contaminated blood scandal.

The Independent UK

Two in five GPs face verbal abuse on daily basis – poll

The Royal College of GPs described the survey findings as ‘deeply disturbing’.

Leeds Live

'I quit my job as an NHS nurse after one year - now I make more money selling ice cream'

Mailu Turner, 22, from Leeds, has spoken about her experience as a mental health nurse for Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust.

Manchester Evening News

'I quit working as an NHS nurse and now I make more money serving ice cream'

"For eight hours a day, I serve ice cream to customers. It's a lot better here and I get paid more money"

Wales Online

'I quit after one year of being a nurse and make more money serving ice cream'

Mailu really wanted to be a nurse and completed her training but felt burnt out after a year. She makes £4 more an hour working in a cafe

Evening Standard

Full list of government departments and services due to be hit by civil servant strike on February 1

A huge number of public services are set to impacted when 100,000 civil servants walk out

Daily Mirror

Nurse burnt out after year working in NHS now makes more money serving ice cream

Mailu Turner, who qualified as a mental health nurse in September 2021, has told how she quit her job in the NHS due to stress from the conditions and now earns more working in an ice cream parlour

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