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Streeting launches investigation into maternity services after families ‘gaslit’

The probe comes after the Health Secretary met families who have lost babies because of poor maternity care.

Evening Standard

New maternity investigation to look at 10 ‘worst services’

Leeds and Sussex maternity services will be examined as part of the investigation.

Evening Standard

Health secretary launches ‘rapid’ probe to improve NHS maternity services

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Streeting orders national investigation into scandal-hit maternity services as he warns of ‘crisis’ in NHS care

The announcement follows a string of scandals at NHS trusts including Shrewsbury and Nottingham

The Independent UK

Government launches national investigation into NHS maternity services

The rapid investigation comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting met families who have lost babies because of poor maternity care.

Evening Standard

Ministers urged to provide more graduate training slots for UK medical students

The BMA said 20,000 medical graduates will miss out on further training due to a lack of slots as international graduates soar.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting questions affordability of setting up NHS assisted dying service

‘There isn’t a budget for this,’ health secretary says after MPs vote to legalise procedure in England and Wales

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Streeting: Assisted dying will take ‘time and money that is in short supply’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said there is no budget for the assisted dying service, indicating cash might have to come from ‘trade-offs’ elsewhere.

The Independent UK

Every baby in UK to have DNA mapped under NHS ‘genomics revolution’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said advances in genomics could allow people to “leapfrog” life-threatening illnesses and receive “personalised” care

Evening Standard

All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years

Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illness

The Guardian - UK

DNA technology in line for £650m investment in bid to fight serious illness

The investment in genomics is expected to support the Government’s 10-year plan for the NHS.

Evening Standard

Every baby’s DNA to be screened on the NHS under new plans

The investment is expected to support the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS

The Independent UK

Tears and prayers as MPs reflect on the journey to a historic assisted dying vote

At the end there was high tension on both sides of a debate that for some was deeply personal

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying Bill not now or never moment, says Cleverly ahead of crucial vote

Supporters and opponents of a change in the law gathered at Westminster holding placards saying ‘Let us choose’ and ‘Don’t make doctors killers’.

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Hospital consultants may strike with junior doctors in pay row escalation

BMA warns government faces ‘several groups of doctors on picket lines together later this year’

Evening Standard

MPs debate assisted dying before crunch parliament vote

MPs have a free vote on the Bill, meaning they decide according to their conscience rather than along party lines.

The Independent UK

Repeated failings by the nursing regulator demand a new approach

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No stranger to oversight errors, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has now been revealed to have allowed hundreds of underqualified or fraudulently qualified nurses to work in Britain. Wes Streeting should now draft in his predecessor to assist in rooting them out

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway issues desperate plea as she's frozen out of bank accounts amid £800,000 debt

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 58, is facing ‘excessive, unpayable debt’ from caring for her late husband, Derek Draper

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MP claims assisted dying could be ‘trojan horse that breaks the NHS’

MPs will likely vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which could see it either progress to the House of Lords or fall.

Evening Standard

NHS has ‘culture of cover-up’ over failures, Health Secretary says

Wes Streeting told MPs that reputations are protected instead of patients being told the truth.

The Independent UK

Why Wes Streeting thinks the private sector could help NHS

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The Independent UK

‘I’ll use private sector to help clear NHS backlog’, says Streeting

The health secretary said it would be ‘foolish’ to rule out a greater role for the private sector in the NHS

The Independent UK

Voices: Rachel Reeves has bet all our money on Wes Streeting saving the NHS

With the cost of living and immigration being too severely impacted by outside factors, backing the NHS was the right choice – and delivering results on health is Labour’s best chance of winning the next election, writes John Rentoul

The Guardian - UK

‘They entrusted me with their daughter’s memory’: Women’s prize winner Rachel Clarke on her story of a life-saving transplant

The Story of a Heart, which won this year’s award for nonfiction, tells how one child saved the life of another. The author talks about the amazing families involved, campaigning for a better NHS, and how being a doctor frames the way she writes

The Independent UK

Women’s Prize winner slams ‘unbelievable’ NHS doctor unemployment

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