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‘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
Palantir AI tech unused or little used by 29 NHS trusts said to be benefiting from it
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Palantir AI tech unused or little used by 29 NHS trusts said to be benefiting from it

Exclusive: Gap between NHS claim and trusts’ comments described as ‘very misleading’ by senior health officialMore than two dozen hospital trusts the NHS claims have benefited from Palantir’s medical...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
World’s largest early warning system for severe child illness to launch in NHS A&Es across England
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World’s largest early warning system for severe child illness to launch in NHS A&Es across England

Paediatric early warning system (Pews) uses a vital signs scoring system to assess whether a child is deterioratingThe world’s largest “early warning system” to spot when sick children are dangerously...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Welsh health board considers closing urgent primary care centres at three hospitals
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Welsh health board considers closing urgent primary care centres at three hospitals

Holyhead, Tremadog and Bangor UPCCs may shut as Betsi Cadwaladr University health board struggles with fundingA struggling Welsh health board could close urgent primary care centres at three hospitals...

The Guardian - UK News1 week ago
Hospital admits full responsibility for 24 failures that led to toddler's death
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Hospital admits full responsibility for 24 failures that led to toddler's death

Eleanor Aldred-Owen died after surgery because an abnormal scan was not flagged.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak
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More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak

Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.

BBC News - UK1 week ago
Heart attack patient, 83, had to drive four hours for hospital appointment
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Heart attack patient, 83, had to drive four hours for hospital appointment

Charles Swift faced a 140-mile round trip to get to a hospital, but had to drive himself.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn
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UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn

Cross-party committee says ‘moonshot’ vow to end obesity epidemic in a decade will fail without personal leadership from PMThe UK government’s promise to reverse rising obesity rates in the next decad...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Manosphere and online misogyny should be treated as public health issues, say UK experts
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Manosphere and online misogyny should be treated as public health issues, say UK experts

Report calls for an effort to tackle harms in similar way to obesity and smoking, and stresses need to ‘offer boys something better’The manosphere and online misogyny should be treated by the governme...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Hospital staff suspended over 'inappropriate access' to Southport attack records
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Hospital staff suspended over 'inappropriate access' to Southport attack records

Two hospital staff members have been suspended over potential instances of inappropriate access connected to the Southport attack.

Sky News - UK2 weeks ago
Mum of critically ill baby denied hospital food as she wasn't breastfeeding
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Mum of critically ill baby denied hospital food as she wasn't breastfeeding

Sophie Price had given birth in the same hospital five days earlier but was denied a hot meal.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Yvette Cooper drops plans to abolish NHS patient champion after outcry
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Yvette Cooper drops plans to abolish NHS patient champion after outcry

Exclusive: Health secretary to extend role of watchdog, which backers say helps hold service in England to accountYvette Cooper has abandoned plans to abolish the NHS’s independent patient champion af...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
‘Ferritin face’: are social media claims about iron deficiency fact – or fiction?
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‘Ferritin face’: are social media claims about iron deficiency fact – or fiction?

Experts say symptoms such as dark circles under the eyes, grey skin, cracked lips and hair loss can be a warning sign – but there are other factors tooTikTok is rife with influencers warning of “ferri...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
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AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research findsAI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake resp...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
I'm one of a growing number of Gen Z birdwatchers - it helps my mental health
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I'm one of a growing number of Gen Z birdwatchers - it helps my mental health

Caitlin Andrew hated birdwatching as a child but found a passion for it in her 20s.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
Pope's South American trip to go ahead as planned after lung cancer surgery
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Pope's South American trip to go ahead as planned after lung cancer surgery

The Pope underwent surgery in to remove a tumour on the lower part of his right lung and is gradually resuming his duties.

BBC News - UK2 weeks ago
NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November
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NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November

Industrial action by senior doctors to begin on 25 November with only emergency cover provided, BMA saysEngland’s most senior hospital doctors will strike next month in a dispute over their pay and ho...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago
Ethnic minorities in England less likely to get breast cancer diagnosis from routine screening
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Ethnic minorities in England less likely to get breast cancer diagnosis from routine screening

Exclusive: People from marginalised groups more likely to be diagnosed via urgent referral or in emergency setting, research finds People from minority ethnic backgrounds in England are up to a third...

The Guardian - UK News2 weeks ago