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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

Hospitals in England offered unlimited bonuses for taking patients off waiting lists

Exclusive: Cap on payments for patients removed from lists scrapped amid warnings about waits for cancer care

The Guardian - UK

What the latest NHS hospital figures for England show

Some 193,516 people had been waiting more than a year for hospital treatment at the end of February.

Evening Standard

NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care

The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian view on staffing the NHS: Wes Streeting needs a plan for its people

Editorial: A reorganisation of the NHS’s headquarters is under way. Now frontline staff need the health secretary’s attention

The Guardian - UK

NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

Evening Standard

UK politics: ‘All options on table’ for Scunthorpe steelworks, says Starmer, amid calls for nationalisation – as it happened

PM tells MPs on the Commons liaison committee that ‘we are doing everything we can to ensure there is a bright future for Scunthorpe’

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs

The Guardian - UK

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Quangos could be forced to close or merge under Whitehall review

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced last month that NHS England would be abolished.

Evening Standard

Redundancy payouts could reach £1bn in NHS shake-up

Between 20,000 and 30,000 jobs to be lost as Labour abolishes NHS England and oversees cuts at care boards and trusts

The Guardian - UK

Plan to improve dentistry has comprehensively failed and it’s actually getting worse, MPs warn

A new report has issued a scathing review of the Dental Recovery Plan which was unveiled in February 2024

The Independent UK

Plan to boost NHS dentistry has ‘resulted in worsening the picture’, say MPs

The Dental Recovery Plan had ‘comprehensively failed’, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The Independent UK

London grandmother may have to move to Scotland to access vital cancer drug unavailable on NHS in England

Breast cancer drug Enhertu costs about £8,000 per session and is only available privately in England, but is offered on the NHS in Scotland

The Independent UK

Six in 10 people unhappy with NHS, poll reveals amid ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with health service

Nearly one in 10 people feel they have been harmed by the health service in recent years, a new poll suggests

The Independent UK

‘Ridiculous’ cuts to AI cancer tech funding in England could cost lives, experts warn

Exclusive: Ministers halt money for radiotherapy auto-contouring that would reduce waiting times and address staff shortages

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Evening Standard

NHS challenges companies to give staff time off for lifesaving cancer checks

Outgoing NHS boss Amanda Pritchard said that ‘simple steps can save lives’.

The Guardian - UK

Is it safe? Is it spying? Disquiet over NHS ‘magic eye’ surveillance camera in mental health units

Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patients

The Independent UK

DIY cervical screening kits could be rolled out from early 2026, NHS plan says

The health service said plans are ‘under way’ to ensure it can implement DIY testing if it is recommended by the UK National Screening Committee.

Evening Standard

RSV jab slashes hospital admissions by 30% for older people, data suggests

NHS England started rolling out the vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus a little over six months ago.

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The Independent UK

NHS reminder to 7.5m people as Covid-19 jab booking system opens

People over the age of 75, residents in care homes for older adults and those with weakened immune systems will be eligible for the jab.

The Guardian - UK

Thirty-seven patients die needlessly each day in the NHS. Change is good, but patient safety must come first

The biggest area of risk – in terms of lives lost and cost – involves NHS maternity units. Organisation upheaval must not distract us from what matters most, says former health secretary Jeremy Hunt

The Guardian - UK

Post-Brexit reliance on NHS staff from ‘red list’ countries is unethical, Streeting says

Exclusive: NHS England has dramatically increased recruitment of workers from states with critical medical staff shortages

Evening Standard

Right time to scrap NHS England – Pritchard

Amanda Pritchard gave a final public speech as NHS boss.

The Guardian - UK

Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms

Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture

The Guardian - UK

Five ways to help manage lower back pain

A comprehensive worldwide report has said most treatments are ineffective. Here are some ways to resolve the pain, recommended by Nice and the NHS

The Guardian - UK

The human cost of yet another NHS reorganisation

Letters: NHS England’s abolition makes us reflect on disastrous 2012 reforms, writes Dr Michael Cohen, while Jeremy Wainman decries the dismantling of a skilled workforce, Nigel Turner explains the reorganisation cycle, and Martin Shaw invites the health secretary to visit his local hospital

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