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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

NHS issue advice on calling 999 during ambulance worker strikes

It comes as ambulance workers part of the GMB union will walk out today for the second time

Wales Online

Thousands of ambulance workers go on strike in dispute over pay

NHS England has told patients to continue to call 999 for life-threatening emergencies but to use 111, GPs and pharmacies for non-urgent needs.

The Independent UK

Record number of cancer patients in England waiting over three months for treatment

Long waiting lists putting urgent patients at risk as target to reduce backlog to pre-pandemic levels missed

The Guardian - UK

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12,000 cancer patients waiting more than three months for treatment

The HSJ said that while the number of patients waiting two months for cancer care had fallen, the number waiting three months had risen.

The Independent UK

Patient safety alert after 120 incidents linked to oxygen cylinder problems

Officials said they wanted to highlight the issue, particularly given the current overcrowding in A&E departments.

The Independent UK

Sharp rise in UK excess deaths at end of 2022 amid flu surge and NHS crisis

Deaths in last week of 202 were 20 per cent above average

Evening Standard

Diabetes breakthrough as life-changing artificial pancreas given NHS approval for type 1 patients

Health regulator NICE says a cost-effective price was needed before being offered

The Independent UK

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NHS in England to offer artificial pancreas to help manage type 1 diabetes

Successful trial of groundbreaking device, now approved by Nice, uses algorithm to determine amount of insulin needed

The Guardian - UK

100,000 diabetes patients could benefit from ‘artificial pancreas’ technology

Officials said they hope complications linked to hypoglycaemia caused by type 1 diabetes could become a ‘thing of the past’ thanks to the technology.

The Independent UK

Labour has a long-term plan for NHS but we don’t, warns Tory former minister

Sir Edward Leigh urged ministers to address the multiple problems facing the health service.

The Independent UK

No dentists will take adult NHS patients in Sefton

The situation is marginally better for children

Liverpool Echo

Flu patient numbers continue to rise as ambulance handover delays hit new high

More than a quarter of ambulance patients waited more than an hour last week to be handed to A&E teams.

The Independent UK

Some NHS patients waiting 1,000 days for routine surgery, damning figures show

It comes after Rishi Sunak used his first speech of the new year to commit to reducing NHS waiting lists but admitted patients are "not getting the care they deserve" - despite 12 years of Tory rule

Daily Mirror

Bristol Royal Infirmary could get new A&E if plans are approved this month

If approved, it could be completed by 2029

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Evening Standard

London ambulance crews will only wait 45 minutes at A&Es if patient is stable, leaked letter says

Ambulance crews in London with patients who are stable will only wait 45 minutes at A&E units, according to a leaked letter.

Evening Standard

Record number of cancer patients treated in 2022 as waiting list grows

More than 320,000 people received cancer care in the 12 months from November 2021

The Independent UK

Record number of cancer patients treated last year, but waiting list grows

More than 320,000 people received cancer care in the 12 months from November 2021.

The Independent UK

NHS pressure ‘intolerable and unsustainable’, warn medics

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine claimed that somewhere between 300 and 500 people are dying each week due to delays.

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Daily Mirror

NHS strikes could run for months as Tories plan fresh pay cuts for staff next year

Unions and the NHS leaders fear Health Secretary Steve Barclay will seek to limit next year's pay rise for healthcare staff other than doctors and dentists to just 2% - amounting to a real terms wage cut

Evening Standard

Some A&Es in ‘complete state of crisis’ amid pressure on NHS, medics warn

Health chiefs warn situation ‘intolerable and unsustainable’ with strain greater than at the peak of the Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

NHS unions say plans for 2% pay rise next year could mean more strikes

Ministers have asked NHS pay review body to cap increase for 2023-24, below predictions for inflation

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester hospitals hit with 'double whammy' of surging flu and Covid cases

It comes as a leading health official warned pressure on the NHS across the country is now 'equivalent' to the early stages of the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

‘On the brink’: ambulance services in England face £14m rise in fuel bills

NHS insiders warn that some of the costs will have to be met from existing budgets amid renewed pressure on pay and construction costs

The Independent UK

‘Unacceptable’: Warning over plunging dementia diagnosis rates as targets missed for two years

Exclusive: Diagnosis rates have fallen across England during the pandemic, with new figures revealing a postcode lottery for patients

Daily Mirror

'Broken' NHS forces A&E staff 'to ask sick patients to monitor their own vital signs'

A&E workers have spoken of the 'Dickensian overcrowding' faced in hospitals as ten trusts declared Critical Incidents this week where services are crippled by staff shortages

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