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As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need

Few patients will be eligible for the drugs. Better food regulation and social policy are far more likely to give lasting results, says GP Helen Salisbury

The Guardian - UK

Voices: ‘We haven’t learned anything’: Readers despair over UK’s Covid response in 2025

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Many of the protections and behaviours that helped us during the pandemic — like staying home when sick, wearing masks, and improving ventilation – have quietly disappeared, say Independent readers

The Independent UK

Patients dying of sepsis because medics too slow to spot it, warns NHS watchdog

Recognition remains an ‘urgent safety risk’ and relatives’ concerns are too often ignored, says Health Services Safety Investigations Body

The Guardian - UK

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Visa income rules discriminate against working-class people, British father says

Leighton Allen, who cannot bring his family to the UK, says it feels as if he is being punished for not earning enough

The Guardian - UK

Equivalent of one child in every British classroom now born via IVF, data shows

Proportion of women giving birth after fertility treatment up by more than a third in a decade, figures reveal

The Guardian - UK

Weight-loss jabs linked to hundreds of cases of life-threatening illness and 10 deaths

Since the GLP-1 drugs, including Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy, were licensed, there have been hundreds of reported cases of acute and chronic pancreatitis among people taking them, figures from the UK’s medicines regulator reveal

The Independent UK

‘I was diagnosed with potentially deadly condition after taking weight-loss jab now offered on NHS’

Exclusive: Julie Bishop lost two-and-a-half stone in eight weeks by taking Mounjaro before she was sent to hospital with pancreatitis and told to stop taking the weight-loss jab

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One child in every school class born as a result of IVF

Some 3.1% of children were born after their parents had IVF in 2023.

The Independent UK

The increasing number of children born via IVF fertility treatment

Latest data also shows a reduction in the number of IVF treatments funded by the NHS

The Independent UK

Rather than relying on weight-loss jabs on the NHS, encourage us all to be fitter and healthier

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The health department rolling out jabs to patients who struggle with their weight must be a moment to rethink our approach to childhood obesity, so often the precursor to a lifetime of poor outcomes

The Independent UK

Immigration resulted in great bonds born of adversity, wit and steely resolve

Letters: Paul McGilchrist reflects on the fraternity between Caribbean and Irish nurses and Veronica Edwards recalls how West Indian women saved the day

The Guardian - UK

Hospital patient’s death linked to cyber attack on NHS

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The Independent UK

Doctors’ union votes for ‘identity-based care’ despite warning over lawfulness

The vote reflected the ‘deep passion within the profession for delivering truly personalised care’, the BMA’s Dr Latifa Patel said.

Evening Standard

Patient death at London hospital linked to cyber attack on NHS

Guy's and St Thomas', King's College and Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals were all affected by the cyber attack in June last year

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Evening Standard

NHS cyber attack contributed to London hospital patient’s death, trust reveals

Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College and Lewisham and Greenwich hospitals were all affected last June

Evening Standard

Regrettable that BMA let slip medics are excited for new strikes – Streeting

Doctors in training, formerly known as junior doctors, are currently being balloted on whether or not to stage further walkouts.

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a trap’: NHS surgeon describes death of nephew, 16, at Gaza food point

Mohammad went missing after becoming separated from his uncles. His family later found his body mutilated beyond recognition

Evening Standard

NHS should act as ‘engine of local economic growth’, Streeting says

He also announced changes to the NHS App.

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The Independent UK

The real reason two ‘miracle’ Alzheimer’s drugs were rejected for NHS use

ANALYSIS: Paul Atkinson and Sally Sheard say the decision reflects a cautious and evidence-based approach that protects patients and public funds

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Woman diagnosed with stage three cancer after experiencing lower back pain

Jasmin McKee was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 25 after delaying a routine smear test

The Independent UK

Emma Thompson says sex ‘should be on the NHS’ because it’s ‘so good for you’

‘It’s part of our health plan,’ actor said

The Guardian - UK

Dogs pulling on leads cause large number of hand and wrist injuries in UK, study shows

Women and older adults most likely to suffer dog walking injuries such as finger and wrist fractures, research says

The Guardian - UK

Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities

Deprived and coastal areas to get extra cash this year for staff and resources in effort to improve health outcomes

The Independent UK

£2.2bn of ‘wasteful’ NHS spending to be diverted to working classes – Streeting

People in greatest need often receive the worst quality healthcare, Health Secretary Wes Streeting will say.

The Independent UK

Girl, 3, becomes youngest patient to receive groundbreaking treatment

It is the first NHS England commissioned gene therapy in the UK infused directly into the brain

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