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Company linked to Michelle Mone ordered to repay government £122m over Covid PPE

High Court rules PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgial gowns during pandemic

The Independent UK

Company linked to Michelle Mone breached Covid PPE contract, High Court rules

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro over claims it breached a £121 million PPE contract.

Evening Standard

VIP lanes and 25m faulty gowns: what PPE Medpro trial reveals about Tory response to Covid

Case against Michelle Mone-linked company showed pressure to award contracts to those with political connections

The Guardian - UK

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UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

The Guardian - UK

Baroness Michelle Mone-linked company loses £122m High Court battle with government over faulty PPE

Michelle Mone’s husband Douglas Barrowman branded the PPE Medpro defeat in the High Court a “whitewash”

Evening Standard

High Court judge to rule on whether PPE Medpro breached Government contract

The company was accused of providing non-sterile gowns during the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Michelle Mone accuses government of ‘scapegoating’ over PPE scandal

PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care over an alleged contract breach

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Michelle Mone accuses UK Government of 'scapegoating' over PPE firm

Tory peer Michelle Mone accused the UK Government of making her and her husband a 'poster couple for the PPE scandal' ...

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone accuses Government of ‘scapegoating’ ahead of PPE court ruling

PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) over an alleged contract breach.

Evening Standard

GPs in England threaten action over online appointment booking plan

Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures

The Guardian - UK

GPs threaten action over online appointment booking changes

The British Medical Association gave Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute

The Independent UK

GPs consider taking action over online access plans

The British Medical Association has given Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute with GPs in England.

Evening Standard

BMA gives Streeting 48 hours to avoid GP dispute over online access plans

The union claims the changes would lead to ‘hospital-style waiting lists in general practice’ and slash the number of face-to-face appointments.

Evening Standard

‘Don’t trust Trump’: how UK health experts are fighting back against a war on medicine

Ministers and medical groups have acted quickly to limit fallout after US president made unproven link between paracetamol and autism

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Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics

Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England

The Independent UK

‘Unacceptable’ waiting list of up to eight years for NHS gender care, reveals health secretary

Exclusive: ‘This breaks my heart,’ says minister Wes Streeting as waiting list tops 42,000

Evening Standard

More than 100,000 patients getting faster care thanks to GP advice scheme – DHSC

The initiative, known as advice and guidance, allows family doctors to seek advice from specialists on the phone or online.

Evening Standard

Offer to increase UK spending on medicines shelved, Government says

Officials launched a review of the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access and growth earlier this year.

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Evening Standard

Baroness Amos to lead NHS maternity and neonatal investigation

Health Secretary Wes Streeting announced a national investigation in June.

The Independent UK

NHS to recruit new staff before vacancies arise

The DHSC says the move will allow the NHS to provide the best possible care for patients

Evening Standard

NHS to recruit nurses and midwives before vacancies arise in new jobs boost

Trusts will be able to employ new staff based on projected need rather than current headcounts.

The Independent UK

Crackdown on cosmetic surgery ‘cowboys’ after botched Brazilian butt lifts

Government claims industry has been blighted by ‘dodgy practitioners’, with patients killed or ‘maimed’ during procedures

The Independent UK

NHS cancelled thousands of appointments during resident doctor strikes

Ministers claim the NHS saw fewer cancellations during doctors' strikes compared to last year.

The Guardian - UK

How a VIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m

DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust

The Independent UK

Doctor strikes begin despite Starmer’s last-ditch plea to avert five-day walkout

Health secretary Wes Streeting says BMA has left ‘damage at the door of the NHS’

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