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The NHS must treat its ‘corridor care’ crisis as a wake-up call

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The results of a nurses’ survey show that patients are routinely receiving care in hospital corridors and waiting areas. The situation is appalling – but health service managers must now examine how their problems are caused not so much by underfunding as by disorganisation

The Independent UK

53,000 NHS staff off sick as Wes Streeting says he cannot rule out patients in corridors next winter

Labour health secretary criticised the ‘unacceptable’ care patients have received as soaring flu cases led hospitals across England to declare critical incidents

The Independent UK

Streeting: ‘I can’t promise there won’t be patients treated in corridors next year’

The Health Secretary said he will ‘never accept’ people being treated in ‘undignified’ conditions but that it would ‘take time’ to fix the NHS.

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Who could be in the running to replace Rachel Reeves as chancellor?

News analysis: Keir Starmer gave his beleaguered chancellor the vote of confidence on Monday morning, but if he decided on a change in the Treasury who could replace her?

The Independent UK

Business chiefs’ pessimism adds to pressure on Rachel Reeves

The figures came in a quarterly survey carried out in December.

The Independent UK

Streeting says nurses are ‘backbone of our NHS’ after worker stabbed in hospital

Police were called to the Royal Oldham Hospital on Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

A&E ‘corridor care’ now normal at NHS hospitals in England, senior doctor says

Consultant’s comments come as north London hospital posts specific ad for corridor care nurses

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Dementia care reform won’t wait

One in three people born today will develop the disease, meaning pressures will become ever more acute

The Guardian - UK

PM under ‘immense’ pressure over grooming gangs inquiry, says Farage

The Reform UK leader repeated his demands for a national inquiry at his party’s north-west regional conference on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Streeting: Grooming gangs rhetoric could lead to UK version of NZ mosque attack

One clip of Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant’s ammunition had ‘For Rotherham’ scrawled upon it; an apparent reference to UK grooming gangs.

Evening Standard

Grooming gang rhetoric risks inciting mass violence, says Wes Streeting

Exclusive: Health secretary points to New Zealand mosque massacre and says entire communities must not be tarred with the same brush

The Guardian - UK

MPs write to Wes Streeting asking for action plan on 14 hospitals in crisis

Committee says it wants urgent update on support for hospitals declaring critical incidents under winter pressure

The Guardian - UK

Streeting defends NHS use of private sector but says it must ‘pull its weight’

Health secretary accused of talking ‘utter nonsense’ about private sector’s ability to help cut NHS waiting times

The Guardian - UK

Streeting urged to honour promise to end osteoporosis service postcode lottery

It comes amid warnings that the condition ‘disproportionately affects women’ with the risk of ‘enormous’ costs to the economy.

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Flu cases rise as pressure mounts on NHS hospitals

NHS leaders have warned that the peak of the flu cycle has not yet hit, with February and March potentially worse for the health service.

The Independent UK

Major study reveals how long people with dementia live after diagnosis

Roughly 13% of people move to a nursing home in the year after diagnosis

The Independent UK

Study reveals how long people with dementia live after diagnosis

Some people live for a decade after being diagnosed.

Evening Standard

London hospitals reintroduce mandatory face masks as flu cases soar

The country is currently grappling with soaring cases of flu

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The Guardian - UK

The care taskforce needs boldness, not buzzwords

Letters: Wes Streeting is wrong to frame social care as a burden on the NHS , writes Dr Melanie Henwood. Plus letters from Dr Marion Witton and Mike Smith

The National (Scotland)

Wes Streeting confuses DUP man with SNP MP in major blunder

HEALTH Secretary Wes Streeting was caught in a humiliating blunder when he responded to a Northern Irish Unionist MP with a rant about the SNP.

Evening Standard

Dilnot: Need for social care reform ‘bleedin’ obvious’ but must get PM’s backing

The economist said three years is an ‘inappropriate length of time’ for a final report from the new commission into social care.

Evening Standard

Patients urged to seek emergency treatment alone as flu cases continue to soar

Several NHS trusts have declared critical incidents due to ‘exceptionally high demands’ in emergency departments.

The Independent UK

Flu crisis sees urgent hospital warning as cases continue to soar

People are being asked to wear masks when coming to hospital

The Guardian - UK

NHS trusts declare critical incidents due to ‘exceptionally high demands’ in A&E

Hospitals in Birmingham, Cornwall and Liverpool among those affected, with one patient forced to wait 50 hours to be admitted

The Independent UK

Health secretary ‘ashamed’ as pressure leads to critical incidents in hospitals

Health Secretary Wes Streeting spoke out as a number of NHS trusts declared critical incidents

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