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Friday briefing: Eating disorders are soaring in the UK – and so are wait times for vital support

In today’s newsletter: The number of patients both in and seeking support has risen drastically since 2015 – the reasons why are complicated

The Guardian - UK

All the UK strike dates confirmed for August 2023

Latest walkout by junior doctors set to bring fresh upheaval to NHS as RMT and Aslef action again disrupts rail services with pay talks languishing in deadlock

The Independent UK

Labour under fire over call for greater 'use of private sector' in NHS care

LABOUR have been criticised after they called for greater use of “private sector capacity” in the NHS ...

The National (Scotland)

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Let private and third sectors cut NHS waiting lists, says Steve Barclay

Health secretary says ‘every available resource’ must be used to help patients access diagnosis and treatment faster

The Guardian - UK

Government turns to private clinics to help tackle NHS waiting lists

The Government said the 13 new facilities – eight of which are private – will ‘ease pressure’ on the health service.

The Independent UK

AI could solve NHS radiologist ‘workforce crisis’

A study in Surrey found the technology could categorise chest X-rays with an accuracy of 99.7%

The Independent UK

NHS doctor who suffered sexual assault by fellow medic has sex life questioned

Exclusive: ‘I felt so humiliated, knowing that such a private recording about me and my sexual assault had been spread around the hospital’

The Independent UK

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Strictly’s Amy Dowden admits she ‘broke down in tears’ as she began chemotherapy in emotional update

The BBC star said she was ‘wishing this wasn’t happening to me’ as she began the treatment amid her second cancer diagnosis

Evening Standard

Couple win NHS payout after having stillborn baby after doctors sent mother home with a leaflet

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust admitted breaching their duty by failing to offer an obstetric review

The Independent UK

Oliver Dowden suggests Fire Brigades Union’s concerns over asylum seeker barge politically motivated – as it happened

The FBU had said the Bibby Stockholm could be a floating ‘death trap’ for asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

All the UK strike dates confirmed for August 2023

Latest walkout by junior doctors set to bring fresh upheaval to NHS as RMT and Aslef action again disrupts rail services with pay talks languishing in deadlock

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says pay offer to doctors is ‘fair and final’

Prime Minister called on doctors to end strikes and join ‘national mission’ to cut waiting lists.

The Independent UK

GPs to get power to fast-track patients for heart and lung checks

It is hoped scheme will ease pressure on hospitals and result in faster diagnosis and treatment

The Guardian - UK

GPs to be given new powers to order tests in bid to ease NHS pressure

It is hoped the initiative will speed up diagnoses and treatment for patients

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Mental welfare body says steps ‘not taken’ to help ‘vulnerable’ person who died

The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland says ‘no effective intervention’ that would have changed the individual’s circumstances was made.

The Guardian - UK

Grief can take us to the darkest of places - why don’t we take it seriously?

The actor Angus Cloud, who died this week, struggled “intensely” after his father’s death. Collectively, we need to reckon with how we support the bereaved, says author Natalie Morris

The Week

Why life-threatening allergic reactions are on the rise

Hospital admissions for life-threatening allergic reactions have increased from 12,361 in 2002-03 to 25,721 in the past year, latest NHS figures show.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak blames striking NHS workers for record-high long waiting lists

The prime minister claimed Government was ‘making progress’ on reducing backlog before industrial action

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak signals he may not achieve goals on inflation and NHS waiting lists

Prime minister blames strikes for long NHS England waiting lists, and acknowledges progress on halving inflation is slow

The Independent UK

Doctor attacks Sunak’s ‘amazing’ claim striking staff are behind waiting times

An A&E doctor told the Prime Minister in a radio phone-in that ‘a happy workforce is your responsibility’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak blames striking doctors for pushing up NHS waiting lists in fiery exchange with A&E worker

The prime minister is taken to task over his pledge to cut waiting lists, which last month jumped to a record 7.5million waiting for treatment

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak blames striking workers as he signals he could fail in two key pledges – as it happened

Prime minister criticised by NHS worker after blaming staff for long waiting lists

The Independent UK

All the UK strike dates confirmed for August 2023

Latest walkout by junior doctors set to bring fresh upheaval to NHS as RMT and Aslef action again disrupts rail services with pay talks languishing in deadlock

Marie Claire

How William has changed since Harry's royal departure and the Queen's death

He has 'learnt to cope with the glare of pretty constant publicity'

The Independent UK

AI can read breast cancer screening images, study finds

New interim study saw AI-supported screening put head to head with standard care

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