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Rishi Sunak's NHS plan comes under fire as unions hit out and 150,000 jobs go unfilled

The NHS Workforce Plan for England predicts staff numbers will have to rise from 1.4 million to up to 2.3 million by 2037

Daily Mirror

Plans to shorten medical training put quality of NHS care at risk, doctors say

Unions say government proposals to cut training by a year and introduce apprenticeships could dilute skills

The Guardian - UK

New NHS staff will be trained and regulated properly, vows Sunak

The PM has unveiled a plan to see more than 300,000 extra nurses, doctors and other staff employed in the NHS in England in coming years.

The Independent UK

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Watchdog rejects Johnson’s suggestion Sue Gray’s Labour job meant she was not impartial investigating Partygate – as it happened

Advisory committee on business appointments says it has seen ‘no evidence’ that Gray’s decision-making was affected despite ex-PM’s claim

The Guardian - UK

Government aims to boost NHS with thousands more doctors and nurses

NHS England could have 12,500 extra doctors and nurses a year by 2028 under the service’s first long-term workforce plan

The Guardian - UK

More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers targeted in NHS plan

The proposal has been hailed as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to put staffing in the service on sustainable footing.

The Independent UK

Ombudsman finds ‘culture of cover-up’ in NHS when patients are harmed

Rob Behrens cited incidents in which ‘patients have been lied to’ or their care plans were ‘altered after they died’ to hide errors.

The Independent UK

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NHS staff taking time off due to poor mental health continues, new data shows

Figures showed days off due to anxiety, stress, depression and other psychiatric illnesses made up almost a quarter of absences in February.

The Independent UK

Vapes 'more harmful' than smoking for children - as cases of collapsed lung rocket

Paediatric chest physician Professor Andy Bush is “absolutely horrified” that a growing number of children are being admitted to hospital after using illegally-sold vapes, with some developing serious lung conditions

Daily Mirror

All people in England who have smoked to be offered middle-age lung screening

NHS pilot scheme to be rolled out nationwide in drive to save lives by detecting and treating cancer earlier

The Guardian - UK

Health service chief critical of Covid-19 ‘Protect the NHS’ slogan

Lord Simon Stevens feared advice would stop people coming forward for much-needed treatment

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay ‘frustrated health officials by delaying vaccine programme signoff’

Other senior staff allowed rollout to begin 10 days before Treasury’s formal green light, new book claims

The Guardian - UK

Desperate grandson pleads with Rishi Sunak to help NHS as gran waits six weeks to see GP

Rishi Sunak was challenged over lengthy NHS waiting times, which hit another new record high this month, at a Q&A session with workers at an Ikea warehouse in Dartford, Kent

Daily Mirror

Fears NHS target changes sweeping problems 'under carpet' as urgent care demand soars

Demand for accident and emergency has soared in recent months

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The Week

Why is the hay fever season so bad in 2023?

Hay fever sufferers across the UK are sniffling and sneezing as warm weather sends pollen levels soaring. Visits to the hay fever page on the NHS website increased 252% between the beginning of May and the middle of June, according to NHS England. The busiest day was Sunday 11 June,…

The Independent UK

Alarm raised over ‘worsening’ access to vital NHS care as improvement remains a challenge

National Audit Office warned that improving services could be a ‘significant challenge’

The Independent UK

Alarm sounded over ‘worsening’ access to NHS care when people need it most

The National Audit Office warned that improving services could be a ‘significant challenge’.

The Independent UK

Families launch legal action against scandal-hit hospitals after The Independent exposed ‘systemic abuse’

Exclusive: Allegations include children being injured during restraint, inappropriate force-feeding and patients being over-medicated

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The Guardian - UK

Lobbyists with links to Big Tobacco fund pro-vaping Facebook campaigns

Secretive lobby groups are spreading pro-e-cigarette messages purporting to be grassroots campaigns

Evening Standard

Junior doctors preparing to strike every month until next spring amid pay row

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

Evening Standard

Junior doctors resume strike as row over pay continues

Members of the British Medical Association mounting picket lines outside hospitals across the country for the second of a three-day walkout

The Independent UK

Junior doctors to resume strike as row over pay continues

Members of the British Medical Association will mount picket lines outside hospitals across the country for the second of a three-day walkout.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors join picket lines over ‘unbearable’ working conditions

Members of the British Medical Association have launched a three-day strike over pay.

Daily Mirror

Hospital patients at 'serious risk' as heatwave hits during doctors strikes

NHS England issued a statement asking people to check on elderly friends and relatives and warning people with conditions such as asthma are at increased risk

The Independent UK

Junior doctors’ strikes pose ‘serious risk to patient safety’, NHS head says

Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, said the action ‘creates risk and upheaval’.

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