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Weight-loss jabs should be available to millions more on NHS, Streeting suggests

Health should not be determined by wealth, says Wes Streeting at the Labour Party conference

The Independent UK

'We need her back': Health Secretary dedicates care announcement to ex-minister Angela Rayner

The Health Secretary told the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday: ‘We need her back’

Evening Standard

The UK must invest in medicines – but not at any price

The UK’s science minister, Sir Patrick Vallance, has sounded the alarm over the country’s declining investment in medicines. He warned that the NHS risks losing out on important treatments and the country could lose its place at the cutting edge of medical research if spending does not recover. It comes…

The Conversation

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The benefits & negatives of cousin marriage as NHS gives guidance

As the NHS faces backlash following first cousin marriage guidance, here’s a guide to the debate around the controversial practice

Evening Standard

Farage is ‘a con artist’ and country faces ‘fight of our lives’ – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting used his Labour party conference speech in Liverpool to attack the Reform UK leader.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Easy to snipe from the sidelines’: Readers defend Starmer amid questions over Burnham’s leadership ambitions

YOUR VIEWS: Our community sees Andy Burnham’s supposed leadership manoeuvres as divisive. While some defended Keir Starmer’s authority, others questioned Labour’s overall direction and unity

The Independent UK

Health Secretary wants puberty blocker trials to start ‘as soon as possible’

No patients have yet been recruited to the trial while ethical and regulatory approval is awaited

The Independent UK

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Streeting keen to get puberty blocker trial up and running as soon as possible

Plans were announced in 2024 but a trial is still awaiting ethical and regulatory approval.

Evening Standard

Patients to get online access to specialists ‘from comfort of home’ – Streeting

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used his leader’s speech at Labour’s conference to set out the plans for NHS Online.

Evening Standard

Tony Blair’s role in Gaza plan will ‘raise eyebrows to say the least’, health secretary admits

Donald Trump has unveiled a 20-point peace plan that has been backed by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and is being considered by Hamas

The Independent UK

Work with us or face Farage, Streeting tells BMA

It comes amid rising tensions over a plan for online access in GP surgeries.

Evening Standard

NHS ‘online hospital’ plan announced to help cut waiting lists in England

NHS experts welcome ambition of scheme due to launch in 2027 but some raise questions about how it will work

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting demands apology over NHS claim first-cousin marriage has ‘advantages’

‘The first I heard of this was when I saw that report, I asked immediately, ‘What on earth is going on here and what are they playing at?’ - Wes Streeting

Evening Standard

Streeting urges apology over NHS claim first-cousin marriage has ‘advantages’

Research has found children from first-cousin marriages are more likely to suffer birth defects and developmental problems.

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‘Happy, healthy’ girl left paralysed from neck down after falling ill

Ivy Amos was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a rare neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord

The Independent UK

NHS ‘online hospital’ service to launch by 2027

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Euronews

Big Pharma’s retreat: Is NHS pricing behind investor pullbacks?

Multinational pharmaceutical firms are pulling pack or pausing investments in the UK, blaming a lack of competitive drug pricing.

The Independent UK

Starmer promises ‘fairer country’ after long, difficult road to renewal

The Prime Minister will say Britain stands at a fork in the road with a choice between decency and division.

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Evening Standard

Wes Streeting: We won't impose VAT on private healthcare in the autumn Budget

But Wes Streeting rules out the Government imposing VAT on private healthcare in the autumn Budget: ‘It’s not happening’

The Independent UK

NHS hospital becomes first to offer new ovarian cancer surveillance test

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie raised awareness of BRCA mutations in 2013 when she had a double mastectomy to cut her chance of developing cancer.

The Independent UK

New ovarian cancer test that detects risk of disease to be rolled out

The new test can dramatically cut the chance of being diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer

The Independent UK

Starmer to promise new NHS ‘online hospital’ to help cut waiting lists

The Prime Minister will announce the scheme at Labour’s conference

Evening Standard

NHS ‘online hospital’ will help cut waiting lists, Starmer to announce

The scheme, which will begin operating in 2027, will deliver up to 8.5 million extra NHS appointments in its first three years, Labour claimed.

Evening Standard

Streeting warns BMA: ‘NHS is hanging by a thread, don’t pull it’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned the doctors’ union they risked helping Nigel Farage take the keys to No 10.

International Business Times UK

As More Countries Ban First-Cousin Marriage, Why Does the UK Still Allow It?

The UK faces growing calls to ban first-cousin marriages as health risks mount, while countries like Norway and China have already outlawed the practice.

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