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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

GPs threaten to strike over plans to make them work Saturdays and evenings

New NHS contract means doctors must offer appointments from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays, as well as until 8pm on weekdays

The Independent UK

GPs warn of industrial action over evening and weekend appointments

One GP told the British Medical Association that medics should channel their “inner Mick Lynch”, in reference to the RMT leader

Wales Online

Doctors threaten industrial action over weekends contract

The new contract means GPs need to offer appointments from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays, as well as until 8pm on weekdays.

The Independent UK

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NHS patients asked to travel for treatment to help clear two-year hospital waiting lists

NHS England says ‘final push’ will ‘virtually eliminate’ backlogs

The Independent UK

NHS England ‘set to eliminate list of patients waiting two years for treatment’

People who remain on the waiting list are being asked whether they are prepared to travel to receive treatment.

The Independent UK

‘January 2020 all over again’: Doctors warn Biden’s lack of urgency on Monkeypox is like early delays with Covid

Cumbersome response from US federal government mirrors the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, experts say

The Independent UK

Teen faces life-threatening epileptic seizures after NHS refuses to fund cannabis drug

Four years after a historic campaign to have medicinal cannabis legalised in Britain the Mirror can reveal there is now a block on the NHS offering the lifesaving drugs

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North East hospital boss named as the 6th most influential person in UK health

Sir James Mackey is now seen as one of the NHS's most influential figures according to a prestigious list.

Chronicle Live

World’s first IVF baby calls out ‘postcode lottery’ of care

A new poll suggests the public are broadly supportive of providing IVF care on the NHS.

The Independent UK

UK scientists urge higher uptake of Covid boosters among elderly

Fifth of people over 75 in England have not had fourth vaccine, raising concern as case rate rises again

The Guardian - UK

Palantir: Trump-backer’s data firm that wants a big NHS deal

Company co-founded by Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel has been criticised for US defence and immigration contracts

The Guardian - UK

Newborn infection trial ‘will fail’ unless Government intervenes, experts warn

Two babies on average develop Group B Strep infection in the UK every day.

The Independent UK

Labour's Wes Streeting fighting to pull children out of 'Victorian poverty'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting grew up on a council estate and says the Tories have failed to tackle the inequalities leaving children in a worse off position

Daily Mirror

World Sickle Cell Day: NHS rolls out new treatment amid first national campaign launch

The announcement comes after the NHS unveiled the first new treatment for the disease in 20 years.

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The Guardian - UK

Man paralysed from neck down ‘not eligible’ for night-time care

Simon Shaw from south London has been receiving funding under NHS continuing healthcare for people with serious health conditions

The Independent UK

Campaign to increase awareness of sickle cell disorder

NHS England is launching the Can You Tell It’s Sickle Cell? campaign on World Sickle Cell day.

The Independent UK

NHS will miss target for 50,000 more nurses by 2024, leaked data shows

Exclusive: Ministers are ‘burying their heads in the sand’ over the nursing workforce crisis, nursing union leaders warn

Evening Standard

4,000 women with breast cancer could benefit from new pill taken twice a day

Abemaciclib is a twice-daily pill that is used with hormone therapy

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Daily Mirror

Thousands of women with breast cancer could benefit from new NHS-approved pill

A clinical trial found that people taking the drug alongside hormone therapy had a more than 30% better chance of their cancer not coming back

The Guardian - UK

NHS to offer women in England drug that cuts recurrence of breast cancer

Abemaciclib can improve chances of certain type of cancer not returning after surgery by more than 30%

The Independent UK

About 4,000 women with breast cancer could benefit from new twice-daily pill

The drug, made by Eli Lilly, is suitable for those with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive early breast cancer.

Wales Online

Thousands to benefit after drug is approved for post-surgery breast cancer patients

The twice-daily pill makes it up to 30 per cent more likely that disease will not return

Daily Mirror

Summer COVID surge hits care homes and hospitals as 221 outbreaks recorded in Britain

The surge in Covid cases is thought to be linked to Jubilee Bank holiday mixing, new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 and waning immunity among over-75s who have not had a Spring vaccine booster

Chronicle Live

Newcastle hospitals buck national trend as waiting list falls in April - but still sees almost 100,000 wait for treatment

Waiting lists for treatment at the Freeman and the RVI fell in April - against a national background where more than 6.5m people are currently waiting for surgery.

The Independent UK

Number of people waiting longer than two years for NHS treatment falls sharply

The overall NHS waiting list for England stands at 6.5 million people.

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