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Ministers have ‘maxed out’ health service funding, says NHS England boss

Jim Mackey says state of public finances means country can no longer afford big spending rises

The Guardian - UK

Poor care and long A&E trolley waits becoming ‘normalised’, new NHS England chief warns

Staff have become desensitised to people lying on trolleys in corridors, says Jim Mackey

The Independent UK

NHS has ‘maxed out on what is affordable’ – says new service chief

Sir Jim Mackey called the health service to ‘accelerate’ improvements and stamp out unacceptable care.

Evening Standard

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Mothers of patients of suspended surgeon seek meeting with Health Secretary

Ms Kuldeep Stohr, who specialises in paediatric surgery, was suspended earlier this year from her role at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK storms to record poll high as both Labour and the Tories hit six-year low

The latest YouGov survey put Reform on 29%, up three points on last week

Evening Standard

Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England

Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as reckless

The Guardian - UK

Hunt urges Streeting to reconsider cuts to ringfenced funding for maternity care

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the changes will ‘give more freedom and more flexibility’ to independent care boards.

Evening Standard

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Downing Street rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy

Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ of the decision to means-test winter fuel payments.

Evening Standard

Poll of the day: Should Labour reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments?

Have your say: Labour’s cuts to winter fuel payments, blamed for heavy local election losses, have sparked a fierce debate over whether the policy should be reversed to win back voter trust

The Independent UK

Pressure on Starmer over winter fuel cash squeeze after local election results

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ while Cabinet minister Wes Streeting acknowledged voters’ unhappiness over the policy.

Evening Standard

Doctor ballot for strike action is ‘premature’ and ‘unnecessary’, says Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said doctors have now got a Government that is sympathetic to the pressures they are facing.

Evening Standard

‘The best is still to come’ – Wes Streeting promises sweeping NHS improvements

The Government has announced £100 million to refurbish and expand GP surgeries.

Evening Standard

Former MP who punched constituent blames Starmer for by-election loss

Mike Amesbury said it is time for Labour MPs to challenge the government over policies such as the winter fuel cuts

The Independent UK

Long A&E waits for people who have paid into NHS all their lives ‘appalling’

A report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that rising numbers of elderly and frail people are enduring very long waits.

Evening Standard

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Winter fuel squeeze anger was factor in Labour election losses – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘reflecting on what voters told us last Thursday’.

The Independent UK

Women ‘should not be erased’ from NHS guidance – Streeting

NHS.uk says cervical screening is ‘offered to women and people with a cervix’.

The Independent UK

Allowing staff to refuse to take part in assisted dying ‘positive development’

But Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the amendment ‘does not change’ his view on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as a whole.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting admits winter fuel payment cuts was factor in Labour election losses as he refuses to rule out rowback

But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government

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The Guardian - UK

Badenoch says UK-India trade deal is one she rejected as business secretary – as it happened

Tory leader says she refused to sign the deal due to a number of sticking points

The Independent UK

Starmer rules out winter fuel allowance U-turn despite local elections backlash

Ministers defend stripping the payments from 10 million pensioners, claiming the move has allowed Labour to invest in the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHS

Evening Standard

GPs to be given cash to modernise and see more patients

Around £102 million has been committed.

The Independent UK

1,000 GP buildings to be expanded and modernised under new government plans

Wes Streeting told LBC Radio that extra money for GP surgeries will be used for extra consultation rooms and refurbishments

Evening Standard

Rape victims says Labour minister should resign after calling grooming gangs 'dog whistle' issue

Lucy Powell under mounting pressure over comments on the grooming gangs scandal made on national radio

Evening Standard

Starmer’s former minister Haigh urges him to rip up tax rules to counter Reform

Labour and the Conservatives are under pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes after Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats.

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