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Government-commissioned study by Patricia Hewitt also calls for a shift in focus towards preventing ill healthThe NHS should abolish many of its national targets while shifting its focus towards preventive healthcare, according to a review by a former …
Department of Health and Social Care in England has removed 269,500 pallets of PPE from its stockThe government has disposed of more than 3bn items of personal protective equipment (PPE) it bought during the pandemic, figures have revealed.An estimated…
Possibility of byelection in Rutherglen and Hamilton West after sanctions recommended for MP who took train in 2020 despite positive test Politics live – latest updatesAn MP who broke Covid rules in the early stages of the pandemic is facing a 30-day s…
Bereaved families and unions criticise ‘extraordinarily short’ hearing on Welsh government’s responsePolitics live – latest updatesBereaved families have strongly criticised a proposal by the UK Covid-19 inquiry to set aside only three weeks for its pu…
Exclusive: Wind-down of NHS contact-tracing app part of drive to ‘learn to live’ with coronavirusThe Covid contact-tracing app for England and Wales, which was downloaded 31m times during the course of the pandemic, will be wound down later this week.C…
Exclusive: workplace plan sent to ministers says deficit will rise rapidly from current 154,000 if current trends continueThe NHS in England needs a massive injection of homegrown doctors, nurses, GPs and dentists to avert a recruitment crisis that cou…
Thinktank warns ‘political short-termism’ over health is exacerbating levels of illness and inequalityGovernments should set aside 10% of health spending for preventive and public measures such as cycle lanes and anti-obesity strategies, a thinktank ha…
British Medical Association accuses government of failing to make ‘credible offer’ to resolve pay disputeUK politics live – latest updatesJunior doctors have intensified their pay dispute with the government by calling a four-day strike that NHS bosses…
MPs investigating Partygate scandal have denounced former PM’s ‘flimsy’ explanations before committeeBoris Johnson faces being formally reprimanded for recklessly misleading parliament after MPs investigating the Partygate scandal denounced his “flimsy…
Cross-union group sends out leaflets and hold online calls to persuade staff to vote against package agreed by leadersMembers of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, i…