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Budget will end NHS ‘neglect’ but improvement will take time, ministers warn

Rachel Reeves said the Budget alone may not be enough to turn the NHS around while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘real change takes time’.

Evening Standard

NHS facing ‘real problems this winter’ and Budget cash will not prevent avoidable deaths, Streeting warns

‘I think in one Budget, you cannot undo 14 years of damage,’ admits chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Budget will end neglect of ‘broken not beaten’ NHS, say Labour ministers

Funding for more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines planned in what PM says will be budget to ‘fix foundations’

The Guardian - UK

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Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro? The battle of the weight-loss injections

As drugs emerge as vital to the Government’s anti-obesity strategy, BBC Panorama is shedding light on the pharmaceuticals industry behind them

Evening Standard

Force food firms to disclose products’ health ratings, industry boss urges

Exclusive: Stéfan Descheemaeker of Nomad Foods says mandatory rules could help kickstart ‘nutrition arms race’

The Guardian - UK

Ways to make the NHS – and all of us – more healthy

Letters: Medicalising problems chiefly caused by health inequalities is not a long-term solution, says Emeritus Professor David J Hunter. Plus letters from Jennifer Marshall, Amanda Baker and Chris Clough

The Guardian - UK

MPs’ opposition to assisted dying bill grows amid criticism of lack of debate

Chair of parliamentary group against assisted dying says she has been meeting dozens of undecided MPs

The Guardian - UK

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Put a Wetherspoon’s in every hospital? Make Larry the Cat the health minister? The public’s ideas are like British banter bingo – but they show how much we care, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

How the private healthcare system is growing in the wake of NHS struggles

The NHS paid private healthcare providers more than £2 billion in 2023 an new analysis has shown

The Independent UK

Fact check: Weight loss drug trial, US election rules and ‘IDF soldiers’ image

Round up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Doctors urged to look out for weight loss jab ‘misuse’

The medicines regulator has also urged medics to warn patients of side effects.

Evening Standard

Health Secretary’s opposition to assisted dying Bill disappointing, says Rantzen

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has confirmed she will vote for Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Evening Standard

Rise in casual smokers who may be less motivated to quit, study warns

Researchers called for public health campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of casual smoking.

The Independent UK

Sale of disposable vapes to be banned by next summer

New legislation to ban the sale of single-use vapes from June 1 2025 has been laid out in Parliament

Evening Standard

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UK Health Secretary Considers Fines For No-Shows After £1B Lost Due To Skipped Doctor Appointments

Wes Streeting has suggested that no-show patients may be fined in the future because NHS lost £1 billion to nearly eight million missed NHS appointments in the last year.

The National (Scotland)

Wes Streeting's fiance lands top Labour HQ job as party family network grows

HEALTH Secretary Wes Streeting’s fiance has been appointed to a top job at Labour headquarters in a move which will raise further questions about…

The Guardian - UK

GP who was adviser in Harold Shipman inquiry backs legalising assisted dying

Exclusive: Aneez Esmail says treating dying man in extreme pain six years ago changed his mind on helping terminally ill patients die

Evening Standard

Health Secretary Wes Streeting to vote against assisted dying amid coercion fear

The Cabinet minister had previously described himself as ‘uncharacteristically undecided’ on the issue.

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The Independent UK

Streeting fiance’s £100,000 Labour HQ job sparks new cronyism row for Starmer

Joe Dancey is set to become the party’s executive director of policy and communications

The National (Scotland)

SNP bring forward Westminster bill to 'keep NHS in public hands'

THE SNP have brought forward a bill in Westminster to “keep the NHS in public hands”.

Evening Standard

Missed appointments cost London hospitals 'nearly a billion' in four years

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has warned that charges could be introduced for no-shows in future

The National (Scotland)

Labour push SNP to give Scots weight-loss jabs on NHS

LABOUR are urging the SNP to mimic their plans to tackle obesity with weight-loss jabs.

Evening Standard

Damning graphs reveal how NHS performance has declined over a decade

NHS data reveals scale of challenge facing Labour as party unveils ten-year plan for the health service

The Guardian - UK

Private sector offers to the NHS must beat ‘one for the price of two’ deal

Brief letters: Streeting’s scepticism | The force of female artists | Accordion jokes | Defining ‘scientific racism’ | Tesco’s solar energy drive

The Guardian - UK

NHS delays mean ‘death sentence’ for some patients, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary spoke alongside Keir Starmer, who stressed the need for AI diagnosis to ‘get in earlier with cancer’

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