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NHS ordered to make improvements to patient care while cutting costs

Officials have demanded improvements on cancer care, routine hospital treatment and emergency wait times.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting takes NHS mandate 'back to basics' as health secretary wages war on overspending

The health secretary warned that the ‘NHS must learn to live within its means’

The Independent UK

NHS England chief under fire again as MPs ‘exasperated’ by responses

Health committee criticises Amanda Pritchard’s evidence after scathing report from another Commons committee

The Guardian - UK

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MPs critical of NHS leaders after ‘disappointing’ evidence session

NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard appeared before MPs on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Women’s health is a priority despite scrapping of key pledge, says NHS chief

Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, was speaking before the Health and Social Care Committee.

Evening Standard

Streeting says nurses are ‘backbone of our NHS’ after worker stabbed in hospital

Police were called to the Royal Oldham Hospital on Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

Streeting: NHS App upgrade to give patients more choice in bid to cut wait times

The measures form part of the forthcoming elective reform plan.

The Independent UK

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A&Es treating more people with coughs and headaches

Millions of people seek help from emergency departments in England every year.

The Independent UK

Cash for surgeries where patients see same GP every time under new plans

Additional investment and measures to free-up doctors’ time form part of the new GP contract for 2025/26.

The Independent UK

‘Dangerous’ to suggest corridor care can be delivered safely – emergency doctors

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has expressed concern about a new NHS England guide on how to treat patients in corridors.

Evening Standard

AI to be used to stop wasteful A&E visits as NHS faces busiest winter

The NHS announced it is planning to use AI to find people who make multiple visits to A&E

The Independent UK

NHS uses AI to find ‘frequent attenders’ in A&E

More than 360,000 patients go to A&E more than five times every year.

The Independent UK

NHS ordered to focus on patient safety as hospitals deal with record demand

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told NHS leaders to ‘put patients ahead of targets’.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting holds winter crisis talks with NHS bosses in England

Health secretary tells hospitals to put safety above waiting time targets after service warned of potential ‘quad-demic’

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Evening Standard

NHS would be more worried about resilience than funding in the event of pandemic

The NHS England boss said the service would worry about the ability of the workforce to ‘step up again’ in such challenging circumstances.

The Independent UK

Sir Mohamed Mansour donates to The Independent’s campaign to build safe refuges for domestic abuse survivors

Businessman ‘proud’ to support Brick by Brick appeal as more than £500,000 in donations floods in for women and children fleeing abusive partners

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The UK’s NHS to roll out free antismoking pill. Will it work?

The UK’s National Health Service hopes the drug will help reduce the cost of treating serious illnesses.

The Guardian - UK

Streeting’s hospital league table plan riles NHS medics and bosses

Health secretary says controversial scheme for trusts in England is necessary to raise standards

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Evening Standard

New NHS ‘ping and book’ service will encourage women to attend cancer screening

Under the plans, starting next month, women will be pinged reminders that the are due or overdue an appointment for breast screening.

Evening Standard

'Game changer' stop smoking pill to be rolled out on NHS

It is hoped Varenicline will help tens of thousands of people give up smoking each year

The Independent UK

New ‘game changer’ stop smoking pill to be given to thousands on NHS

Experts say the pill could help 85,000 people quit smoking a year

The Independent UK

‘Game-changer’ pill to help people stop smoking to be rolled out on NHS

Varenicline works by tackling nicotine cravings and also helps with withdrawal symptoms, such as irritability and trouble sleeping.

Evening Standard

NHS backlog would not be as bad if No 10 had agreed beds funding, inquiry told

NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard has given evidence to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

The Guardian - UK

Pay for NHS chiefs to be linked to performance with ‘no more rewards for failure’, Wes Streeting says – as it happened

Health secretary to confirm announcement in speech later this week

The Independent UK

NHS chief warns of ‘abhorrent’ domestic abuse faced by staff as she backs Brick by Brick campaign

Exclusive: Amanda Pritchard speaks out against domestic abuse suffered by NHS staff as she backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign

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