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Inside looming NHS winter crisis as hospitals face ‘armageddon’

NHS WINTER CRISIS : Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating summer put the creaking health service under huge…

The Independent UK

Patients urged to go online before A&E under NHS digital first plans

The three-year roadmap for the NHS has promised to slash waiting lists and ‘strip out layers of bureaucracy’

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting warns over unlicensed weight-loss jabs after illicit factory raid

Officers in Northampton also found ‘sophisticated packaging and manufacturing equipment’ as well as £20,000 in cash.

Evening Standard

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Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK

Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found

The Guardian - UK

UK authorities seize thousands of unlicensed weight loss jabs in major drug trafficking bust

Law enforcement said the unlicensed drugs were ‘potentially deadly’.

Euronews

Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days next month

Hospital bosses warn 14-19 November stoppage will make it harder to manage winter viruses and tackle waiting lists

The Guardian - UK

Doctors in England to strike for five days in November amid pay row

The doctors will walk out from November 14 to 19 after failing to reach an agreement

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Starmer has faith in Phillips as grooming gangs victims call for her to quit

Four women who quit the inquiry’s victims liaison panel have said they would be prepared to return if Phillips resigns.

Evening Standard

Care Quality Commission chief quits over maternity inquiry into NHS trust he led

Julian Hartley says his role at CQC ‘incompatible’ with investigation into Leeds trust he headed for 10 years

The Guardian - UK

NHS to ask new menopause questions that could benefit five million women

Questions about menopause will be included in NHS health checks for first time

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner says resignation was ‘incredibly tough’ on her family as she breaks silence

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for ‘an honestly made mistake’ over unpaid stamp duty

The Independent UK

Rayner vows to pay any taxes owed over home purchase in resignation statement

The former deputy prime minister says she is taking responsibility for a ‘mistake’ she made over unpaid stamp duty.

Evening Standard

Hospital slammed after using coffee shop as emergency hospital ward: ‘It’s appalling’

The Health Secretary criticised William Harvey Hospital in Kent after patients were treated in beds which had been moved to a cafe to cope with rising demand

The Independent UK

Streeting warns of ‘challenging winter’ for NHS and condemns use of cafe as ward

The Health Secretary told the Commons the NHS is ‘already running hot ahead of winter’, but said the Government is ‘not complacent about that’.

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The Independent UK

‘I was diagnosed with a life-changing kidney condition through the NHS app’

Lucy Bradley, 29, found out about her condition through the NHS app – and spent days waiting to speak to a medical professional

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting launches independent inquiry into maternity failures by Leeds hospitals

Families call for Donna Ockenden to head up new independent inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Evening Standard

Families welcome independent inquiry into maternity services at NHS Trust

Bereaved families have welcomed the independent inquiry into maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on childbirth and medical negligence: rising payouts highlight the urgency of maternity improvements

Grave shortcomings in the care offered to mothers and babies are well documented. But it is not clear that the right lessons have been learned

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Company linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122 million to government

The Department of Health and Social Care successfully sued PPE Medpro earlier this year

The Guardian - UK

PPE firm linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122m

Firm was ordered by high court to return sum paid by DHSC for unusable surgical gowns by 4pm on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Death of women and children in childbirth ‘normalised’, Streeting says

A Commons debate on baby loss comes during ‘rapid’ national investigation into maternity care in England

International Business Times UK

Streeting Suggests Making Weight Loss Jabs in the UK More Accessible Despite Sales Increase

Wes Streeting addresses the ongoing rise in sales of weight loss jabs to make it safe for all UK patients.

The Independent UK

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

The Independent UK

UK weight loss jab sales increase sevenfold to 2.5 million, new figures show

Health secretary Wes Streeting wants to make the drugs more widely available on the NHS

The Independent UK

Voices: My GP told me my diagnosis over text. Is this Wes Streeting’s vision for the NHS?

COMMENT: The Independent’s health correspondent Rebecca Thomas has spent years working with women with endometriosis, but how her GP delivered the news that she too has the condition left her appalled beyond measure

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