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England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade
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England left with ‘toilet deserts’ as public facilities decline by 14% in a decade

Report says lack of provision is harmful to health and damaging for high streetsThe number of public toilets in England has fallen by 14% in a decade, harming public health and creating vast swathes o...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Jesy Nelson's car stolen with children's essential hospital kit inside
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Jesy Nelson's car stolen with children's essential hospital kit inside

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has said her car was stolen with her daughters' vital hospital equipment inside.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as young people offered vaccines
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Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as young people offered vaccines

UK Health Security Agency says cases have been treated successfully and antibiotics are being given as a precautionThree cases of meningitis B have been confirmed in the south-west of England, accordi...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Three meningitis cases discovered at two secondary schools
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Three meningitis cases discovered at two secondary schools

Meningitis vaccinations are being offered to young people in Dorset after three cases of the disease were discovered. 

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Mental health support to be offered to people with diabetes in UK first
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Mental health support to be offered to people with diabetes in UK first

People with diabetes are twice as likely to have depression, a charity backing tailored support says.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus
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‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus

Though welcomed by chefs and campaigners, many schools say the government’s plan to remove ‘grab and go’ options from the menu is a step too farIt is lunchtime at Richard Challoner school, a Catholic...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Family 'skimped to get by' during toddler's cancer treatment
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Family 'skimped to get by' during toddler's cancer treatment

There is a bespoke fund to cover travel costs for families of children undergoing cancer treatment - but it only applies in England.

BBC News - UK5 months ago
Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped
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Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spy-tech company Palan...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
No 10 claims Starmer did not know Mandelson failed security vetting until this week – as it happened
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No 10 claims Starmer did not know Mandelson failed security vetting until this week – as it happened

The prime minister was not aware that the former US ambassador had failed the vetting process, according to Downing StreetSwinney says this is a manifesto for the whole of Scotland.He confirms that th...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Trust in vaccines needs rebuilding despite ‘extraordinary feat’ of Covid jabs, inquiry finds
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Trust in vaccines needs rebuilding despite ‘extraordinary feat’ of Covid jabs, inquiry finds

Heather Hallett hails scheme but urges ministers and health services to promote better vaccine awarenessUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s Covid vaccination programme was “an extraordinary feat...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Future of the NHS, saviour of the high street? High hopes for health hub in a Barnsley shopping centre
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Future of the NHS, saviour of the high street? High hopes for health hub in a Barnsley shopping centre

Transfer of medical services from hospital to former Wilko store is improving healthcare access and boosting footfallIt is a revolution that might just save the NHS – and the high street. Imagine bein...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
People in north of England twice as likely to be killed in accidents as Londoners, report finds
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People in north of England twice as likely to be killed in accidents as Londoners, report finds

Safety charity warns deaths are rising overall and closely linked to deprivationPeople in the north of England are twice as likely to be killed in accidents than Londoners, with accidental deaths clea...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored
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'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

New plans to improve healthcare for women and girls have been set out, but will they change anything?

BBC News - UK5 months ago
NHS has a problem with 'basic, everyday sexism', health sec says
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NHS has a problem with 'basic, everyday sexism', health sec says

The health secretary has accused the NHS of having an "appalling culture of medical misogyny" as he set out a range of measures in a renewed Women's Health Strategy.

Sky News - UK5 months ago
Lidl and Iceland ads are first banned under new UK junk food rules
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Lidl and Iceland ads are first banned under new UK junk food rules

ASA rules ads on Instagram and Daily Mail website broke ban on promoting items high in fat, salt and sugarLidl and Iceland have become the first companies to have ads banned after the introduction of...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’
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Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’

Health secretary says NHS is ‘failing women’ and pledges to end ‘gaslighting’ by doctorsWes Streeting has vowed to stop women being “gaslit” by doctors as he relaunches the women’s health strategy for...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Pupils in England may reject new healthier school lunches, pilot suggests
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Pupils in England may reject new healthier school lunches, pilot suggests

Six-week trial at Brighton school led to 15% decline in uptake of meals, in favour of packed lunches, says catererA pilot of England’s new school food standards triggered a 15% decline in uptake of me...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Government sets aside extra £1bn for victims of UK’s infected blood scandal
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Government sets aside extra £1bn for victims of UK’s infected blood scandal

Additional funds include extra £35,000 each for former pupils experimented on at school without their knowledgeCompensation payments will rise for people affected by the infected blood scandal, includ...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Shabana Mahmood says Southport inquiry report exposed ‘systematic failures across multiple public sector organisations’ – as it happened
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Shabana Mahmood says Southport inquiry report exposed ‘systematic failures across multiple public sector organisations’ – as it happened

The home secretary made the comments after an inquiry revealed that the system ‘completely failed’Keir Starmer has confirmed that he wants to stop children being exposed to addictive scrolling feature...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Man took own life after Turkish dental visit left him toothless, UK inquest hears
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Man took own life after Turkish dental visit left him toothless, UK inquest hears

Wife of Pawel Bukowski criticises care husband received over depression he suffered following failed procedureA man who took his own life was suffering from depression after a failed dental procedure...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago