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The Latest Breaking News from NHS England

GPs in England to send suspected cancer patients directly for tests

Scheme starting this month is aimed at improving Britain’s poor record on early diagnosis

The Guardian - UK

Cancer: GPs urged to directly order scans for vague symptoms

Under the new guidance, GPs will be able to use their clinical judgment to order more scans for symptoms such as coughs, fatigue and dizziness.

The Independent UK

NHS mental health boss ‘shocked’ ward managers not on seven days a week

Mental health lead ‘shocked’ to hear ward managers are ‘Monday to Friday people’

The Independent UK

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NHS cannot just be 'patched up' says health leader

She wants more long-term thinking

Wales Online

A resilient NHS cannot be built by ‘patching’ it up, health leader warns

Next year, the NHS budget will rise to more than £157bn, but NHS England believes it will still be short of around £7bn.

The Independent UK

Fewer than half of NHS trusts expect to meet targets on waiting lists and cancer

Survey finds health bosses more worried about this winter than any before

Evening Standard

NHS trusts say they cannot hit key waiting list and cancer targets

At present just 61.7% of people get cancer treatment within 62 days, compared with 77.2% before the pandemic.

The Independent UK

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Up to one in three English hospital beds occupied by patients fit for discharge

Exclusive: Acute lack of social care means people are not able to leave, often causing their health to worsen

The Guardian - UK

Controversial £360m NHS England data platform ‘lined up’ for Trump backer’s firm

Patients will have no say over records going to Palantir, the software giant run by billionaire Republican backer

The Guardian - UK

One in 20 NHS nurses does £7,000 worth of unpaid overtime to keep patients safe

The figures, which were revealed in the NHS England Staff Survey, come as thousands of Royal College of Nursing members are set to strike in the coming months over pay

Daily Mirror

Tearful MP Jess Phillips says she feared her dad would die in 18-hour A&E wait

Labour MP Jess Phillips, who raced back to help her 78-year-old dad Stewart with suspected sepsis, said he was 'disorientated and shaking' - 'it was frightening and I cried'

Daily Mirror

NHS treatment waiting list reaches an all-time high

New figures show health service not keeping up with demand

Wales Online

Number of Londoners waiting more than 12 hours in A&E rises 47% in a month

New figures reveal extent of pressure on NHS services in the capital just a day after nurses vote to strike

Evening Standard

What do the latest NHS performance figures show?

A&E times are the worst on record, while the overall waiting list is at a new all-time high.

The Independent UK

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NHS waiting list hits new all-time high as people also face record A&E queues

Some 401,537 people have been waiting more than a year to start hospital treatment.

The Independent UK

NHS waiting times for routine hospital treatment hit another new record high

7.1 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of September, according to new figures

Wales Online

NHS England flu jab error as 'wrong' vaccine given to some patients

An investigation has been launched after a 'small number' of over 65s were given a less effective but harmless vaccine

The Guardian - UK

NHS England to offer ‘potentially life-saving’ drug for aggressive breast cancer

Women with triple negative breast cancer will gain access to pembrolizumab after deal with its manufacturer

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Nurses across UK vote to strike in first ever national action

Exclusive: walkout over pay due to take place before Christmas

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Ministers may order public inquiry into NHS mental health failings for North East teens

Health minister Maria Caulfield said the Government was considering holding a public inquiry into mental health failings around the country

The Guardian - UK

Ministers may order inquiry or review over English mental health care failings

Decision due soon, MPs told, as campaigners press for ‘full and fearless’ public inquiry

The Independent UK

Minister not ruling out public inquiry into mental health hospitals

‘We are seeing young people dying because of failings of care,’ admits minister Maria Caufield

The Independent UK

Public inquiry under consideration to respond to NHS mental health care failures

Health minister Maria Caulfield said a decision will be taken in the coming days regarding a public inquiry, after the deaths of three teenage girls.

The Independent UK

NHS urged to offer patients better access to genetic testing

A new report claims the UK is not capitalising on its current genetic testing strengths.

The Independent UK

Three teenage girls died after failures at ‘unstable and overstretched’ hospital

An investigation was commissioned by NHS England and carried out by Niche Health and Social Care Consulting.

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