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Vapes in a shop

Vapes to be put in plain packaging to protect children

Visitor's hand holding a patient's hand on a hospital bed

Poor communication for dying patients causing ‘avoidable distress’

Striking resident doctors on a picket line

Resident doctors vote to accept 6.6% pay uplift to end year of strike action

Wes Streeting talking to a patient in a hospital

Expert teams to be sent to worst corridor care offenders in bid to end practice

Endometriosis UK research into wait times shows longer waits for women of colour

Women waiting over a decade for endometriosis diagnoses, study shows

Resident doctors announce strikes just after Easter break

Fiona Phillips’ husband Martin Frizell: Lack of Alzheimer’s funding is ‘ageism’

Clinical trial into puberty blockers paused after ‘new concerns’ from regulator

Newly qualified midwives left unemployed amid ‘chronic’ staff shortages

Leading doctors warn over ‘silent mental health pandemic’

Fact check: GP numbers and the dangers of sunbeds

Shropshire's Cancer Charity has been marking World Cancer Day

Government signals tougher crackdown on junk food advertising to children

‘Misleading’ claims used to advertise weight-loss supplements, watchdog finds

West Midlands Ambulance Service to get 23 new vehicles after multi-million pound...

Prince of Wales ‘moved by courage’ of Gazan children brought to UK for treatment

MPs raise concerns about hospital waiting lists and plans to reform NHS
There is a serious risk that the Government will not meet its target for 92% of the NHS waiting list to be treated within 18 weeks by 2029, MPs warn.
Ella Pickover, PA Health Correspondent

Working in understaffed NHS is leaving nurses sick and ‘broken’, leaders warn

Alarm sounded over ‘unsafe’ baby scans at high street clinics with medical emerg...

Radiographers sound alarm over high street baby scans

Lack of anaesthetists hampering bid to cut surgery waiting lists – study

Questions on menopause to be included in NHS health checks for the first time

PPE Medpro fails to meet deadline to repay Government almost £122m after ruling

Mone should not be in Lords after Covid PPE contract breach, says Reeves

Company linked to Mone must repay almost £122m over Covid PPE contract breach

Company linked to Michelle Mone breached Covid PPE contract, High Court rules

High Court judge to rule on whether PPE Medpro breached Government contract

Michelle Mone accuses Government of ‘scapegoating’ ahead of PPE court ruling
PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) over an alleged contract breach.
Callum Parke and Danny Halpin, PA

Children to see fewer ads for unhealthy food and drink from this week

Government could fall short on pledge to cut NHS waiting lists, analysis finds

GPs vote to enter dispute with Government over online appointment requests

Black women ‘not taken seriously’ on maternity care, MPs say

Shropshire hospitals boss reacts to league tables and hails 'improvements'

Offer to increase UK spending on medicines shelved, Government says

Manufacturers given 18 months to cut sugar and salt in baby food products

Government turns to TikTok to highlight risks of cosmetic surgery abroad

Baroness Amos to lead NHS maternity and neonatal investigation

Plans announced to crack down on cosmetic procedure ‘cowboys’

Government urged to introduce minimum price for alcohol

Experts have said that measures to tackle alcohol harm do not go far enough (PA)

Wes Streeting warned alcohol measures ‘are not sufficient’ to stop harm

Government pledges to ‘transform care’ for people with ME

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers to be banned from senior health roles

Government suing PPE Medpro because of ‘buyer’s remorse’, court told

Government reveals sweeping changes to fix ‘broken NHS dental system’

Government rules out ban on alcohol advertising

World-first healthcare AI system will prevent future scandals, Government says

NHS keeps public away as patients seen as ‘inconvenience’, new boss says

Government announces plans to put ‘digital front doors’ on mental health care

Just 20 posts for newly qualified physiotherapists as 3,000 qualify

NHS 999 staff quitting and suffering burnout over ‘pressure’ of calls – research

Company linked to Baroness Mone must pay back £121m for ‘faulty’ PPE, court told

NHS app to become default source for appointments, screenings and test results

Rise in children’s gender care waiting list across England and Wales

MPs condemn ‘astronomical’ fees paid to medical negligence lawyers

NHS programme to reduce brain injuries in childbirth to be rolled out nationally

GPs to be given cash to modernise and see more patients

Pharmacists refuse patient requests for antibiotics ‘at least once a day’

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