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UK’s biggest private hospital provider Spire in talks on sale to private equity

Shares in FTSE 250 company jump as it reveals Bridgepoint and Triton are among groups interested in takeover

The Guardian - UK

Offord announces £2bn in tax cuts if Reform win Holyrood election

The Reform leader was speaking at an event in Renfrewshire.

Evening Standard

London mother urges plasma donations after daughter treated for rare childhood disease

Rebecca Nako, 51, said she was shocked to learn that her daughter Winifred, then seven, had been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease in 2023

Evening Standard

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Half of UK GPs are seeing children under seven with obesity

80 per cent of GPs said they find it challenging to talk to the parents of an obese child under the age of 16 about their weight

The Independent UK

Scabies: What is the parasitic skin disease and why are cases rising in the UK?

A lack of understanding about what scabies is and how it’s treated could be behind the United Kingdom’s sudden spike in cases, experts say.

Euronews

Major change to bowel cancer screening as thousands more to be tested

The NHS aims to detect thousands more bowel cancer cases at an earlier stage

The Independent UK

NHS to increase accuracy of bowel cancer test in England

Increased sensitivity of test that detects the second deadliest cancer will save hundreds of lives, oncologists say

The Guardian - UK

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Almost a quarter of UK GPs are seeing obese children aged four and under

Exclusive: Almost half of GPs have seen children up to the age of seven who have obesity, research finds

The Guardian - UK

NHS staff must be protected from abuse

Letters: Our health service must be safe for all those who work in it, writes Kate Jarman, while Prof Vivien Lees says NHS workers do not feel safe reporting sexual misconduct

The Guardian - UK

Pilates after prayers: men’s classes in Bradford mosques offer fitness and friendship

When organisers posted a TikTok promoting 45-minute pilates sessions, the video amassed 2m views. Now plans are afoot for female classes and youth clubs

The Guardian - UK

From Secret Jabs to Cultural Norm: Tracing the GLP-1 Weight Loss Revolution

As GLP-1 weight loss injections move from medical intervention to everyday use, we explore what their rise means for health, bodies and beauty standards.

Marie Claire

Sunbed age crackdown to help protect teens from skin cancer danger

Mandatory ID checks could be introduced in sunbed shops across the UK

The Independent UK

The Traitors star Rachel reveals the moment she thought she was in trouble with Stephen

Rachel Duffy, 42, described the win as ‘a feeling like nothing else’

The Independent UK

‘I wanted a designer vagina since I was 14 – but I now live in excruciating pain’

Campaigners are fighting for labiaplasty to be criminalised in the UK, claiming it is a form of female genital mutilation

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Reform UK’s private health insurance plan would cost £1.7bn, Streeting to say

Health secretary will describe plan to offer tax relief on private healthcare as ‘tax cut for the wealthiest’

The Independent UK

Genetic tests for cancer on NHS to help families detect ‘Jolie’ gene

Health secretary Wes Streeting has backed the plans for the first-of-its-kind database

The Guardian - UK

The ADHD grey zone: why patients are stuck between private diagnosis and NHS care

NHS England pays for private assessments under ‘right to choose’, but can reject diagnoses and is struggling to cope with demand

Evening Standard

NHS England to develop ‘world-first’ database for genes linked to cancer

The health service is developing a register of 120 genes known to increase the likelihood of getting cancer as part of a 10-year plan.

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Suggestion I applied pressure to prematurely open hospital ‘untrue’ – Sturgeon

Milly Main’s mother Kimberly Darroch had urged the former first minister to ‘be honest’.

The Independent UK

‘I need bigger gloves because my thumb is a big toe’

David Lee’s thumb was sliced off in an accident at his shop in 2019, but that didn’t stop the cobbler from doing what he loves

The Guardian - UK

Great Ormond Street hospital cleaners win racial discrimination appeal

Claim by 80 workers that they were subjected to ‘indirect race discrimination’ by wait for NHS pay terms upheld

The Independent UK

Armed forces to scrap ‘archaic’ paper record system in bid to boost recruitment

Nearly £8m will be spent to abolish the WWI-era paper-based medical record system and make way for a digital system

The Independent UK

Breakthrough for prostate cancer patients as NHS now offers life-extending drug

The new medication is suitable for patients who are unable to receive chemotherapy or standard treatments

The Independent UK

UK grapples with widespread aspirin shortage as medicine added to export ban list

The UK government recently added aspirin to its export ban list to protect supplies

The Independent UK

The NHS cancer screenings you’re eligible for – and how to request a test

Eligibility for these vital NHS health checks varies significantly by age and location

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