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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

Fact check: Unemployment figures row and NHS appointments error

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show

Ambulance response times for the most urgent incidents are their quickest in nearly four years.

Evening Standard

NHS hospital waiting lists rise for first time in seven months

New figures show an estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of March

The Independent UK

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NHS waiting list for hospital treatment rises for first time in seven months

The data will be a blow to Labour, which is introducing ‘carrot and stick reforms’ for NHS leaders.

Evening Standard

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

Some 157 children on the national waiting list were aged younger than 10, data shows.

The Independent UK

Children waiting two years for critical gender care as numbers trapped on waiting lists soar

Waiting lists for children’s gender services have risen by 12 per cent, figures show

The Independent UK

MPs condemn ‘astronomical’ fees paid to medical negligence lawyers

Members of the Public Accounts Committee have examined the Department of Health and Social Care’s 2023/24 accounts.

The Independent UK

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Ministers slammed over ‘jaw-dropping’ NHS negligence claims for poor care

Committee warns that Department of Health ‘lacks a grip’ on the state of its finances as NHS pays out £12bn for clinical negligence claims in five years

The Independent UK

Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says

Liraglutide is found to have beneficial impact on weight and families report reduced conflicts around food

The Guardian - UK

Obese children to be given numberless scales in NHS weight-loss scheme

Data is automatically transferred to the child’s clinical team

The Independent UK

Smart scales and special clinics to help thousands of obese children lose weight

NHS England says the ‘game-changing tool’ is being rolled out at specialist clinics where staff can monitor and provide ongoing weight-loss help.

Evening Standard

Ministers have ‘maxed out’ health service funding, says NHS England boss

Jim Mackey says state of public finances means country can no longer afford big spending rises

The Guardian - UK

Poor care and long A&E trolley waits becoming ‘normalised’, new NHS England chief warns

Staff have become desensitised to people lying on trolleys in corridors, says Jim Mackey

The Independent UK

NHS has ‘maxed out on what is affordable’ – says new service chief

Sir Jim Mackey called the health service to ‘accelerate’ improvements and stamp out unacceptable care.

Evening Standard

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Mothers of patients of suspended surgeon seek meeting with Health Secretary

Ms Kuldeep Stohr, who specialises in paediatric surgery, was suspended earlier this year from her role at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals in England reducing staff and services as part of NHS ‘financial reset’

Trusts having to ‘think the previously unthinkable’ to make savings demanded by new NHS England boss

The Independent UK

New AI model uses NHS data to predict future disease and complications

The AI, known as Foresight, is being trained using NHS data from 57 million people in England

The Guardian - UK

Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England

Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as reckless

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The Independent UK

3D heart scans have saved NHS millions since 2021 rollout, data shows

More than 24,300 patients have received the scan.

The Independent UK

NHS trust declined to refer nurse to regulator over sexual assault and harassment allegations

Exclusive: The leading NHS trust has been accused of having a ‘culture of acceptance’ around sexual harassment

The Guardian - UK

Profits from NHS England eye care outsourcing same as 100 PFI contracts, research finds

CHPI thinktank found five firms made an ‘eye-watering’ £169m in 2023-24, as calls for profit cap grow

The Guardian - UK

NHS England aims for faster cancer treatment with new data tool

Cancer 360 will help collate patient information from spreadsheets, emails and records into single digital system

The Independent UK

New vaccine to treat 15 types of cancer now available on NHS

New jab will treat skin, bladder and oesophagus cancer, with 1,200 patients a month receiving it

The Guardian - UK

Cancer patients in England to be first in Europe to be offered immunotherapy jab

Up to 15,000 could be given nivolumab in injectable form to treat 15 cancers including lung, bowel and skin cancer

Evening Standard

NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

Nivolumab is a monoclonal antibody that works by binding to a protein called PD-1 on a type of immune cell called T-cell.

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