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The government has put improving the NHS at the heart of its plans, but will it be able to deliver on its promises? And how long could it take to turn the health service around? Pippa Crerar asked health secretary Wes Streeting at a special Guardian Li…
Figures reveal 29% fall in operations in England to remove foreign bodies from children’s airways, noses and throatsCashless societies may be a sad fact of modern life for those with a nostalgic attachment to the pound in their pocket, but doctors have…
William Hewes, 22, died after delays in giving antibiotics at London hospital where his mother worked, inquest heardA hospital failed to treat the son of one of its consultants with antibiotics and fluids with the required urgency hours before he died …
Cambridge study finds algorithm is as effective as a pathologist in detecting disease – and much quickerAI could speed up the diagnosis of coeliac disease, according to research.Coeliac disease is an autoimmune condition affecting just under 700,000 pe…
Regulator finds people spending money on acupuncture and drugs when undergoing IVF or donor insemination Almost three-quarters of people undergoing fertility treatment in the UK are using “unproven extras” to increase their chances of having a baby, de…
At Guardian Live event, health secretary says Israel’s decision to break Gaza ceasefire is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘cannot be justified’Israel’s attacks on Gaza are “unjustifiable” and “intolerable”, Wes Streeting has said, as the health secretary expres…
St Catherine’s hospice in West Sussex says it has been forced to leave beds empty despite the demand for end-of-life careAt the end of 2023, St Catherine’s hospice near Crawley, West Sussex, moved to a new purpose-built, state-of-the art building. Twen…
The alarm has been raised by experts as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of lockdown Key scientific lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic are being forgotten, UK scientists have warned.The researchers have raised the al…
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with drugs for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarceDrug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit considered a key reason so man…
PM’s spokesman says more meetings will take place in London next week to ‘accelerate’ planning to enforce any future peace dealElections will take place in 23 councils across England on 1 May 2025. Six mayors will also be elected on 1 May in the West o…