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Patients wait over an HOUR for ambulances in worst-hit places - see delays in your area

Figures provided by all 10 ambulance trusts in England reveal a 'stark postcode lottery', with people in Cornwall suffering from possible strokes or heart attacks waiting for an average of 100 minutes for help

Daily Mirror

Nicole Thea: Pregnant YouTube star died after ambulance delay as family say health concerns ‘ignored’

Exclusive: Family call for health authorities to be held accountable after influencer and her son’s death

The Independent UK

‘It’s absolute hell’: a paramedic in England on why he backs strike

Joshua describes the pressures of the job and feeling poorly treated and underpaid

The Guardian - UK

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One in seven nursing posts in London vacant with 11,000 vacancies in September

NHS figures lay bare staffing shortages in the capital ahead of nursing strikes

Evening Standard

Hundreds of children’s hospital beds closed amid surge in RSV cases

NHS medical director warns services face a ‘perfect storm’ this winter, with pressures higher on every front this year

The Independent UK

Patients in two Greater Manchester boroughs are having to wait 20 minutes longer for an ambulance

New figures show a 'postcode lottery' with patients in some areas waiting three times as long for life-threatening calls

Manchester Evening News

UK ambulance service struggles in winter health care crisis

Official figures show that thousands of patients each week are languishing in ambulances outside overflowing British hospitals

The Independent UK

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Ambulance strikes: Why have they been called off and could more strikes happen?

Unions cancelled planned strikes on March 6 and 20 following new assurances from the Government

Evening Standard

Warning over vaccine fatigue as flu season will be 'worse than usual'

If people catch flu and Covid at the same time they could become seriously ill

Wales Online

Urgent warning over self-feeding pillows which could seriously harm or kill babies

The warning comes from the Office for Product Safety and Standards, which is urging parents to throw away this product

Chronicle Live

NHS vacancies in England rise to new record high

NHS Digital figures show there were 133,446 full-time equivalent vacancies at the end of September.

The Independent UK

Nearly one in three ambulance patients waiting at least 30 minutes for A&E handover

The numbers are higher than at any point last winter.

The Independent UK

What financial support is available to breast cancer sufferers?

Help is out there for those battling disease and cost of living concerns together

The Independent UK

We’re sick of being talked down to by public schoolboys, says health union boss

GMB Secretary Andy Prendergast says ministers ‘have to start listening’ after ambulance workers vote to strike

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Emergency care issues in England contributed to 200 deaths last week, says medical chief

Head of Royal College of Emergency Medicine says lengthy waits forcing ambulances to be ‘wards on wheels’

The Independent UK

What ambulance strike means for calls, response times and staffing

Ambulance strikes could “make response times incredibly stretched”, NHS Providers chief Saffron Cordery said

The Independent UK

Nurses strikes: Full list of NHS hospitals where 100,000 staff have voted for industrial action

In total, 44 out of 219 NHS trusts in England face strike action from nursing staff next week

Evening Standard

NHS ‘war rooms’ to fight winter health service crisis amid nurses’ strike threat

NHS chiefs have set up “war rooms” to deal with the winter health service crisis which threatens to be worsened by strikes by nurses and ambulance crews.

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The Independent UK

Nurses, Royal Mail and even coffin-makers: Every strike likely to affect UK by end of 2022

From nursing to postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action this winter

Wales Online

NHS England launches 42 Winter War Rooms

The centres will run seven days a week and will be fully manned during daytime hours

Daily Mirror

Brits are getting sicker due to spending cuts and cost of living, warn doctors

The health of people in the UK is being hit by long-term cuts to Government spending, "decimated" public services as well as the current cost of living crisis, says the British Medical Association

Daily Record

"I am sorry" - Health Secretary Humza Yousaf apologies for ambulance and treatment waits for Scots

Yousaf told the Record in an exclusive interview that the waiting lists are "unacceptable" - and apologised

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf is right to apologise for growing crisis in the NHS

Record View says that, while an apology is welcome, it is disheartening to learn the NHS crisis will take years to fix.

Wales Online

People getting sicker due to cost-of-living crisis and spending cuts, report BMA

Study suggests the health of the nation is being made worse by poverty, poor housing, a lack of heating and missing meals

The Independent UK

AI and robots used to enable faster detection of UTIs

Researchers from both Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt University are working on the project.

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