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Exclusive: Warning system similar to one used by hospitals would allow GPs to flag unsafe workload levels and trigger supportBritain’s top family doctor is calling for a “black alert” system to be introduced in general practice so that doctors can warn…
The government is about to award a £480m contract to build a vast new database of patient data. But if people don’t trust it, they’ll opt out – I know, because I felt I had to Continue reading…
Exclusive: Cancer Research UK says toll could be avoided if government tackled health inequalitiesHealth inequalities are causing 33,000 avoidable cases of cancer in the UK every year, a damning analysis suggests.Ministers have promised for years to ta…
Deal on table would give consultants another 6% rise on top of the 6% Rishi Sunak described as finalGovernment officials and doctors’ leaders are holding secret talks with the aim of ending strikes by hospital consultants before the start of the NHS’s …
Figures reveal rise to 8,998 patients in August, despite ministers’ pledge to have ended such long waits by AprilUK politics live – latest updatesThe number of people waiting longer than 18 months for NHS treatment in England is growing, figures show, …
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ‘mental health’ as a state of mental well-being in which people cope well with the many stresses of life, can realise their potential, can function productively and fruitfully, and are able to contribute to their communities.
Shadow health secretary says government is ‘asleep at wheel’ as more children are becoming addicted Labour will “come down like a ton of bricks” on the vaping industry if Rishi Sunak does not “pull his finger out” and introduce regulations, Wes Streeti…
Exclusive: Rachel Reeves announces plans for powerful watchdog to recover taxpayer cash lost to waste and fraudA Labour government would create a powerful Covid corruption commissioner to help recoup billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money that has been…
Focus on early diagnosis as shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, says NHS needs to ‘modernise or die’Labour has pledged to double the number of CT and MRI scanners in hospitals in England as part of an increased focus on early diagnosis and treatmen…
Labour leader’s pledge for English primaries as part of a wider dental plan labelled ‘window dressing’ by union chiefSchool leaders have accused Labour of “window dressing” after Keir Starmer pledged to introduce supervised toothbrushing for young chil…