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Exclusive: Fourfold increase on 2022 sees enough vapes discarded to create 5,000 electric car batteriesFive million single-use vapes are being thrown away in the UK every week, a fourfold increase on 2022, research has found, prompting calls for a ban….
Government seeks views on periods, contraception, fertility, pregnancy and menopause for health strategyWomen in England are being urged to help shape reproductive health policy by sharing their experiences of a range of issues.The government’s launch …
Exclusive: New and expectant mothers left to ‘suffer in silence’ as demand outstrips supplyCampaigners have expressed alarm at new analysis showing a sharp increase in new or expectant mothers waiting for mental health care, with one woman found to hav…
Action will reduce health services to Christmas Day levels of care for four days in September and OctoberJunior doctors and consultants in England will strike on the same days together for the first time in the history of the NHS, in a dramatic escalat…
After years of squeezed funding, teachers are furious at government’s ‘shocking neglect’ of buildingsThousands of pupils may have to start term online as over 100 schools affected by crumble-risk concretePencils are sharpened, shirts are ironed – but c…
Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates workforce expansion plan means NHS would employ 49% of all public sector staffOne in 11 workers in England will be NHS employees by 2036-37 if Rishi Sunak’s staffing plan for the health service goes ahead, new res…
Patients turned down care they needed after demands for advance payments amid complaints of government’s ‘hostile environment’Hundreds of migrants have declined NHS treatment after being presented with upfront charges over the past two years, amid comp…
Gillian Keegan told Sky that employers ‘won’t ask you anything about your A-level grades in 10 years’ time’Here is a bit more from the official NHS announcement about the changes to cancer targets in England, which it says have been “developed by clini…
Watchdog says little progress made on recommendations of 2016 report that said government violated disabled people’s rightsDisabled people in the UK face worsening discrimination and a growing risk of poverty as a result of government failures to tackl…
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms payAbout 3.9m working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year, more than at any point since the 1980s, acco…