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Hundreds of blood cancer patients to benefit from new Pfizer treatment

Myeloma affects 24,000 people a year in the UK

The Independent UK

Hundreds of blood cancer patients to benefit from new treatment

Elranatamab, an injection that treats myeloma, has been recommended for NHS use by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Evening Standard

The Standard 100: People shaping London in Science & Medicine and Environment

The Standard 100’s list of people shaping London include categories for Science & Medicine and the Environment: among those named are Tim Spector and the Duke of Westminster

Evening Standard

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Five reasons weight-loss jabs alone won’t help get people back to work

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and health secretary Wes Streeting have recently discussed plans to trial weight-loss injections for around 250,000 people with obesity who are unemployed in a bid to get them back into work, ease pressure on the NHS and boost the economy.

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UK government unveils new data laws to boost public services

A new set of laws promises to harness the power of the UK’s data.

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Reeves: Budget will end ‘neglect’ of NHS but turnaround will take time

The Chancellor is expected to pump billions of pounds into the health service.

Evening Standard

NHS will not be fixed in single budget, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary says NHS cannot be turned around ‘overnight’ but vows to get service ‘back on its feet’ over course of parliament

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Patients will still be waiting on hospital trolleys this winter but delays to 'tumble,' says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary said waiting lists would be millions lower by the next general election expected in 2029

Evening Standard

What the papers say – October 29

Here are the biggest stories leading Tuesday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

‘Misconception’ over stroke needs addressing, says Emilia Clarke’s mother

Jenny and Emilia Clarke set up the charity SameYou after the actress suffered a brain injury.

Evening Standard

Budget will end NHS ‘neglect’ but improvement will take time, ministers warn

Rachel Reeves said the Budget alone may not be enough to turn the NHS around while Health Secretary Wes Streeting said ‘real change takes time’.

Evening Standard

NHS facing ‘real problems this winter’ and Budget cash will not prevent avoidable deaths, Streeting warns

‘I think in one Budget, you cannot undo 14 years of damage,’ admits chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Reeves warns that Budget pain will just be the beginning with more difficult choices to come

Rachel Reeves uses a pre-Budget visit to a hospital to warn that fixing Britain’s problems ‘will take more than one Budget’

The Independent UK

Budget will end neglect of ‘broken not beaten’ NHS, say Labour ministers

Funding for more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines planned in what PM says will be budget to ‘fix foundations’

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Union chief warns of more strikes if Government does not invest in nurses

Nicola Ranger suggested the Chancellor should treat nurses in the same way as major infrastructure projects.

The Conversation

Alzheimer’s drug approved in the UK, but it won’t be available on the NHS – here’s why

The UK’s drugs regulator – the MHRA – has approved the Alzheimer’s drug donanemab, but it won’t be available on the NHS.

The National (Scotland)

Scots would be 'perfectly happy' to see end of free prescriptions, Tory leader says

SCOTS would be “perfectly happy” to see the end of universal free prescriptions from the NHS, the Scottish Tory leader has claimed ...

Evening Standard

Sarwar says Labour will ‘end austerity’ as he challenges SNP ministers on Budget

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar spoke out as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Budget on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

From tax cuts to breaking the economy: five UK budgets that made a difference

As Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil her measures, we look at how five of her predecessors broke the mould

The Independent UK

Already coughing and sniffing? Immune system tips to keep bugs at bay this winter

A lack of sunlight and sleep can make you ill

The Independent UK

Fertility rate in England and Wales drops to new record low

The average age of mothers remained stable at 30.9, while fathers’ average age increased to 33.8.

The Independent UK

Fertility rate for England and Wales plummets to lowest level since 1930s

Data shows the total fertility rate was 1.44 children per woman last year

Evening Standard

Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro? The battle of the weight-loss injections

As drugs emerge as vital to the Government’s anti-obesity strategy, BBC Panorama is shedding light on the pharmaceuticals industry behind them

Evening Standard

Budget ‘most honest’ in years, Cabinet minister claims

Pat McFadden said Rachel Reeves’ first Budget will ‘end the fiscal fiction of things being announced which had no money set aside for them’.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves’s first budget offers a chance to break out of the doom loop. Here’s how she should do it

It’s a tall order but Labour has a chance to improve people’s lives in both the short and long term, says economics and public policy professor Jonathan Portes

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