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Patients to ‘pay price’ for ministers and unions failing to stop strikes, says NHS chief

Warning from head of NHS in England comes as minister accuses junior doctors of walking away from talks

The Guardian - UK

NHS England sets up team to plan rollout of promising new drugs

The team will plan how to roll out promising medicines even as they wait to be approved by regulators.

The Independent UK

NHS strikes to cause more ‘disruption’ and ‘patients are paying the price’ over talks stalemate, says chief executive

The junior doctor strikes later this month will cause “significant disruption” to the NHS, its chief executive said on Sunday.

Evening Standard

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Concern over gambling ads ‘bombardment’ as addiction referrals hit record highs

The NHS is opening up new specialist clinics as a result.

The Independent UK

New NHS staff will be trained and regulated properly, vows Sunak

The PM has unveiled a plan to see more than 300,000 extra nurses, doctors and other staff employed in the NHS in England in coming years.

The Independent UK

More than 300,000 extra doctors, nurses and other workers targeted in NHS plan

The proposal has been hailed as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to put staffing in the service on sustainable footing.

The Independent UK

Vapes 'more harmful' than smoking for children - as cases of collapsed lung rocket

Paediatric chest physician Professor Andy Bush is “absolutely horrified” that a growing number of children are being admitted to hospital after using illegally-sold vapes, with some developing serious lung conditions

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Free lung cancer screenings to be offered to smokers and ex-smokers aged 55-74

People aged 55-74 with a GP record including a history of smoking are to be assessed and invited for screenings and quit-smoking services

The Independent UK

Targeted screening to detect lung cancer sooner to be rolled out

People aged 55-74 with a GP record including a history of smoking are to be assessed and invited for screenings and quit-smoking services

Evening Standard

Targeted screening to detect lung cancer sooner to be rolled out: Government

People aged 55-74 with a GP record including a history of smoking are to be assessed and invited for screenings and quit-smoking services

The Independent UK

Preventing poor health, use of tech and local care ‘key’ to NHS’ future, advisory group says

NHS Assembly’s report includes responses from more than 700 organisations and patient groups.

The Independent UK

At-home blood test that can test for 50 cancers ‘may be offered on NHS next summer’

Liquid biopsy could diagnose 5,000 potential cases each year if rolled out to a million people, say health chiefs

The Independent UK

Blood test to detect 50 types of cancer could be given to 1m people on NHS

Chief executive Amanda Pritchard says that if early results are successful it will be rolled out more widely next year

The Guardian - UK

'We'll strike every month until next spring if we have to' - hundreds of doctors take to the streets of Manchester

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

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Junior doctors preparing to strike every month until next spring amid pay row

If members vote to continue strikes, junior doctors will take to picket lines for three days a month, every month, until March 2024

The Independent UK

Government commits to reducing number of national NHS targets

It comes in response to a recent review which found having too many targets makes them less effective.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors join picket lines over ‘unbearable’ working conditions

Members of the British Medical Association have launched a three-day strike over pay.

Daily Mirror

Hospital patients at 'serious risk' as heatwave hits during doctors strikes

NHS England issued a statement asking people to check on elderly friends and relatives and warning people with conditions such as asthma are at increased risk

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The Independent UK

Further uses of AI in the NHS are ‘on the horizon’, says chief

Amanda Pritchard said the NHS is in a ‘prime position’ to make AI-driven technology available quickly.

The Independent UK

Forty children admitted to hospital for vaping amid rising ‘epidemic’

NHS’s chief executive ‘really worried’ over rising rates of vaping among children

The Independent UK

Rise in number of children treated in hospital for vaping ‘worrying’ – NHS chief

The NHS said 40 children and young people were admitted to hospital in England last year due to ‘vaping-related disorders’.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors’ strikes pose ‘serious risk to patient safety’, NHS head says

Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s chief executive, said the action ‘creates risk and upheaval’.

The Independent UK

NHS calls for retired consultants to help clear hospital wait lists

Recently retired doctors will be able to perform outpatient appointments via a new digital platform

The Independent UK

Smartphone camera lens technology to be used in skin cancer diagnoses

The camera lens is the size of a 50 pence piece and can attach to a smart phone.

The Independent UK

Student doctors told: Skip university to plug NHS staff shortages

Doctors’ union the British Medical Association warn an increase in apprenticeships could jeopardise quality of medical training

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