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Health charities welcome Sunak’s plan to curb smoking in England

PM’s plan to gradually increase age at which people can buy cigarettes described as ‘incredibly positive step forward’

The Guardian - UK

UK smoking ban: How will it work and who will be affected?

Proposed ban would make it illegal for the next generation to ever buy cigarettes

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to raise smoking age every year as part of new crackdown

Anyone aged 14 or younger now will never legally be sold a cigarette in their lifetimes under plans

Evening Standard

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To achieve secure interoperability, the NHS must first embrace network segmentation

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The Independent UK

Doctors’ strikes row escalates as NHS leaders claim walkouts are harming patients

NHS leaders warn hospitals have struggled to maintain safe staffing during doctors’ strikes

The Independent UK

Row erupts after NHS leaders say doctors strike ‘causing significant risk’ to patients

More than a million operations and appointments have been cancelled since industrial action in the NHS began last December

Evening Standard

What to do about the tobacco companies still killing millions? Make them pay – and heavily

People close to me have died because of smoking, while firms reap huge profits. A new tobacco levy is the answer, says Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK

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How to get rid of bed bugs? The signs and symptoms as infestation could make its way from Paris to London

As a bed bug infestation takes over Paris, here are a few signs you can keep an eye out for to avoid getting the creepy crawlies into your home

The Independent UK

Most voters think Sunak is doing a bad job on his priorities – poll

Satisfaction with Rishi Sunak’s performance on his five priorities has fallen since May.

The Independent UK

‘Deeply concerning’ inequalities in NHS heart valve surgery, report finds

Female, black, Asian or less well-off patients are less likely to receive the life-saving procedure in England

The Guardian - UK

Thousands unaware they have diabetes could be diagnosed at A&E, says study

Research by NHS trust found simple blood test could help people avoid complications from type 2 diabetes

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak claims he will fix Britain’s ‘broken’ politics – after 13 years of Tory rule

Despite Partygate scandal, chaos of Liz Truss’s mini-Budget and the crumbling concrete crisis in schools, PM vows he can deliver for UK

The Independent UK

Computer modelling ‘could simplify lung cancer screening’

More than 43,000 people a year are diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK.

The Independent UK

Barclay ‘playing politics at expense of people’s health’ amid trans plan

The Health Secretary faced criticism from some quarters but got the backing of his party colleague Suella Braverman.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Medics vow to strike ‘until next general election and beyond’

Thousands of striking doctors and radiographers attended a protest rally in Manchester.

The Conversation

Discrimination is the biggest career obstacle for women of colour in the NHS – new research

In March 2023, NHS midwife Olukemi Akinmeji won an employment tribunal case against the hospital in Kent where, as an employee, she had faced race discrimination and victimisation.

The Independent UK

Brexit: Michael Gove claims infamous £350m a week for NHS promise ‘delivered’

‘Promise made, promise delivered’, says cabinet minister who was key figure in Vote Leave campaign

Evening Standard

NHS Radiographers’ strike: When are they taking industrial action and why?

The union says that not enough radiographers are being recruited or retainers, leaving leaving a million patients waiting to be seen

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The National (Scotland)

Tories to order NHS to ban trans women from using female-only hospital wards

THE Conservatives have announced plans to ban trans women from being treated in female hospital wards.

The Independent UK

How to get rid of bedbugs? The signs and symptoms as infestation could make its way from Paris to London

As a bedbug infestation takes over Paris, here are a few signs you can keep an eye out for to avoid getting the creepy crawlies into your home

The Independent UK

Steve Barclay announces plans to stop trans women using female hospital wards

The Health Secretary told the Conservative Party Conference he would look into changing the NHS constitution.

The Independent UK

Trans women to be banned from female NHS wards, as Steve Barclay insists ‘Tories know what a woman is’

Health secretary vows to restore ‘common sense’ to NHS despite no evidence of complaints about trans people

Evening Standard

Tories announce plan to ban trans trans women from female hospital wards

Trans rights charities have slammed the proposal

The Independent UK

Sunak challenged over claim strikes are ‘number one reason’ for NHS backlog

The Prime Minister said the Government had ‘tried multiple times’ to meet the British Medical Association (BMA) as he faced pressure from medics.

Evening Standard

Thousands of patients to miss out on scans as radiographers walk out

Radiographers to join consultants and junior doctors on picket line

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