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Half of NHS trusts in England lack funds earmarked to cover maternity leave
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Half of NHS trusts in England lack funds earmarked to cover maternity leave

Physiotherapy services hit particularly hard compared with other areas of healthcare such as nursing, union findsAlmost half of the NHS trusts in England have no earmarked funding to cover staff on ma...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Rise in NHS birth centre closures ‘shocking’ denial of women’s rights, experts say
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Rise in NHS birth centre closures ‘shocking’ denial of women’s rights, experts say

Twelve midwife-led maternity units have closed in England since 2019 with six closing since Labour came to power in 2024NHS officials are shutting growing numbers of birth centres in a “shocking” deni...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery
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Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo, who had part of a lung removed last month, will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
UK doctor infected with Ebola being treated at London hospital
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UK doctor infected with Ebola being treated at London hospital

The doctor tested positive in DR Congo, where there is an outbreak. The government says the risk to the public remains low.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
British Ebola patient evacuated from DR Congo arrives at London hospital
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British Ebola patient evacuated from DR Congo arrives at London hospital

Doctor who was helping response to outbreak in Africa taken to specialist isolation unit at Royal Free hospitalA British doctor who tested positive for Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic o...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Cancer diagnoses in England hit record high of more than 1,000 people a day
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Cancer diagnoses in England hit record high of more than 1,000 people a day

While NHS is identifying more cases, it is failing to meet timescale targets on diagnosis and treatment, experts sayCancer diagnoses in England have hit record highs, with more than 1,000 people a day...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Beware ‘sun, sea and surgery’ cosmetic tourism packages, experts advise
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Beware ‘sun, sea and surgery’ cosmetic tourism packages, experts advise

British College of Aesthetic Medicine launches checklist as part of ‘vet it before you get it’ campaignCosmetic tourism is often sold as a package of sun, sea and surgery, but experts have said travel...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Burnham says long-awaited 10-year plan may be delayed until January – as it happened
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Burnham says long-awaited 10-year plan may be delayed until January – as it happened

The document has been described as the core policy statement coming from No 10Yesterday the pro-Brexit Guido Fawkes website published a list of items that it said could be banned as a result of Andy B...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Man who posed as medical student at hospital fails to appear for sentencing
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Man who posed as medical student at hospital fails to appear for sentencing

Stephen Simpson was due to be sentenced after admitting carrying out the fraud at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau
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Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau

The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
The NHS is relying more on charities - and that might be creating problems for patients
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The NHS is relying more on charities - and that might be creating problems for patients

Is it symptom a health service at breaking point - or a positive way of involving the public?

BBC News - UK1 week ago
British man infected with Ebola in DR Congo to be flown back to UK
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British man infected with Ebola in DR Congo to be flown back to UK

The wider risk to the UK public from the deadly virus remains low, a government spokesperson says.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
British healthcare worker with Ebola evacuated from DR Congo to UK
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British healthcare worker with Ebola evacuated from DR Congo to UK

Patient is ⁠in ​stable condition and will be transferred to a specialist ‘high consequence’ infectious disease unitA British healthcare worker with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republi...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Blood tests that could spot early signs of cancers to be trialled on thousands of NHS patients
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Blood tests that could spot early signs of cancers to be trialled on thousands of NHS patients

Blood tests that could spot the early signs of a range of the most common cancers are to be trialled on thousands of NHS patients.

Sky News - UK1 week ago
'Multi-cancer' blood tests coming to some GP surgeries in England
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'Multi-cancer' blood tests coming to some GP surgeries in England

The aim is to detect hard-to-diagnose abdominal cancers, including liver, ovarian and pancreatic cancer, much sooner.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Give us all a share of  Rolls-Royce’s profits | Brief letters
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Give us all a share of Rolls-Royce’s profits | Brief letters

Government should invest, not subsidise | Size matters | ‘Ferritin face’ | Train announcements | Reform UK’s newspaperRather than give Rolls-Royce a £1.25bn subsidy to develop the next-generation narr...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russia attacks aid centre, hospice and hospital
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Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russia attacks aid centre, hospice and hospital

At least 38 people are killed in 24 hours and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky warns dozens more could be trapped under rubble.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
‘This is direct’: positive early feedback from pilot community mental health hub in Cumbria
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‘This is direct’: positive early feedback from pilot community mental health hub in Cumbria

Hope Haven in Whitehaven is one of six trial open-access, 24/7 schemes in England offering preventive careThe night Tamara first walked through the doors of Hope Haven, a new community mental health h...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
I was told I was too young to have cancer, it had spread by the time I was diagnosed
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I was told I was too young to have cancer, it had spread by the time I was diagnosed

Beth Jenkins' cancer was initially missed after told she was "too young" to have the disease.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’
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Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlierA woman whose unborn baby had died was sent home from hospital with a booklet for bereaved parent...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago