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Health
Boy who lost seven litres of blood issues plea for more donors
Elliott Wills’s life was saved by emergency supplies of O negative blood, but donor numbers have declined in recent years.
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Storm Newton
8 Jun 2026
Health
Patient satisfaction with GP services improves, survey finds
The latest GP patient survey, which is carried out by Ipsos for NHS England, found 75% of 702,000 respondents had a good experience at their practice.
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Storm Newton
10 Jul 2025
Health
Abandon strikes or risk ‘fragile’ NHS recovery, Streeting warns resident doctors
It comes as new figures show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England fell to its lowest in more than two years.
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Storm Newton
10 Jul 2025
Science
New technique hailed as ‘powerful double weapon’ against chemo hair loss
The method combines scalp cooling with a special lotion.
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Storm Newton
10 Jul 2025
Tech
Doctors against Palantir’s NHS software put ‘ideology over patient interest’
Louis Mosley, the UK boss of the US tech giant, appeared before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on Tuesday.
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Storm Newton
9 Jul 2025
Politics
First neighbourhood health services to be rolled out from September
The initiative is part of the Government’s 10-year health plan, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last week.
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Storm Newton
9 Jul 2025
Politics
Medicine shortages put patients at risk, MPs and peers warn
The findings also highlight how shortages severely impact patients with conditions like ADHD, menopause and diabetes.
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Storm Newton
8 Jul 2025
Health
Stem cell plea from man with rare blood disorder who wants to be ‘normal again’
Dan Chapman has been diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a disorder where the bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells.
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Storm Newton
7 Jul 2025
Politics
You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care, Streeting warned
Social care was described as a ‘very significant question’ hanging over the blueprint by the shadow health secretary.
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Storm Newton
3 Jul 2025
Health
No need for ‘ventriloquists’ to give NHS patients a voice – Streeting
Wes Streeting suggested the patient safety landscape is ‘cluttered’, with NHS leaders receiving ‘competing and contradictory instructions’.
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Storm Newton
1 Jul 2025
Health
Patients with common eye condition face sight loss due to care delays – charity
A report by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists suggests glaucoma cases could rise by 22% by 2035.
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Storm Newton
30 Jun 2025
Health
Government announces plans to put ‘digital front doors’ on mental health care
It comes as the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed 85 new mental health emergency departments will be built across England.
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Storm Newton
27 Jun 2025
Politics
Government rules out ban on alcohol advertising
It comes ahead of the publication of the 10-Year Health Plan.
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Storm Newton
26 Jun 2025
Health
‘Deeply worrying’ rise in mental health conditions in England, figures show
Health leaders said the findings ‘paint a deeply worrying but sadly unsurprising picture’.
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Storm Newton
26 Jun 2025
Health
Watchdog warning over health risks of skin-lightening beauty trend
Known as skin whitening or brightening drips, the treatments contain the antioxidant glutathione, which has skin-lightening effects.
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Storm Newton
26 Jun 2025
Health
Regrettable that BMA let slip medics are excited for new strikes – Streeting
Doctors in training, formerly known as junior doctors, are currently being balloted on whether or not to stage further walkouts.
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Storm Newton
25 Jun 2025
Politics
NHS should act as ‘engine of local economic growth’, Streeting says
He also announced changes to the NHS App.
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Storm Newton
25 Jun 2025
Business News
Resident doctors ‘energised’ over prospect of more strikes, medics say
Doctors in training, formerly known as junior doctors, said their cries have ‘fallen on deaf ears’.
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Storm Newton
24 Jun 2025
Health
Give doctors work phones to tackle burnout and abuse, medics say
BMA members also called for ‘robust’ safeguards to protect doctors from inappropriate contact.
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Storm Newton
24 Jun 2025
Health
Overlooking sexual harassment against health staff ‘risks patient safety’
Medics claim that overlooking these incidents allows other toxic behaviours ‘to perpetuate’.
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Storm Newton
24 Jun 2025
Health
Stretched services leaving psychiatrists ‘in emotional and ethical distress’
A survey of RCPsych members found almost three-quarters felt they had made decisions based on factors other than what is in a patient’s best interest.
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Storm Newton
24 Jun 2025
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