4 d. ago 'Urgent' NHS medical care access available on New Year's Day as GP practices shut

Your local GP surgery may be closed on New Year's Day, but many NHS services are still accessible

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8 d. ago Zelensky’s ‘strong’ warning after Putin's 'sick' Christmas strikes before Trump talks

One person was said to have been killed with 27 people wounded including two children as the Kremlin targeted Kyiv with missiles and drones hitting residential buildings

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9 d. ago NHS issues 'urgent treatment' warning over the New Year period

The NHS has issued guidance on accessing emergency care over the New Year period, including for severe pain and infections

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1 week ago Exactly how to access NHS 'urgent medical help' over Christmas

The NHS App allows you to access online health services over Christmas

Politics

1 week ago The Independent hits target of £165,000 to help missing children across UK in SafeCall campaign

An extraordinary public response means the free, round-the-clock service can now be launched, reaching the 72,000 young people who go missing every year

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1 week ago Hero mom crashes into getaway car after burglars targeted home with her children inside

This is the dramatic moment a California mother rammed her $150,000 Mercedes G-Wagon into the getaway car of a home invasion gang targeting her house with her mom and children inside.

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2 w. ago NHS issues urgent medication warning telling patients to call GP 'now' over key symptoms

Dapagliflozin is mainly prescribed for type 2 diabetes, but it is also used to treat heart failure and chronic kidney disease

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2 w. ago Railway Killers' who raped and murdered women and children committed sickening act as kids

John Francis Duffy and David Mulcahy embarked on a sickening spree of rape and murder in the 1980s, targeting women and children near railway stations in the UK - but what were they like as kids?

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2 w. ago Patients will 'feel impact' of latest doctors' strike as UK battles super

The NHS has issued an "urgent' plea for people to get their flu jab as they cope with striking doctors during record 'tsunami' superflu numbers during the heart of the Christmas season

Science

2 w. ago Major change to NHS dentistry will help urgent patients as millions miss out on care

Changes to the flawed NHS contract in England will mean dentists are incentivised to offer urgent NHS care for serious cases such as infections, severe pain or trauma to teeth

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2 w. ago Dentist patients set to save £225 on the NHS due to major reforms

New dentist reforms could see patients save more than £200 by offering urgent treatment on the NHS

Economics

2 w. ago People are pulling their own teeth out due to lack of urgent NHS dental care

In September 2025, 10 per cent fewer adults had seen an NHS dentist in the past 24 months compared to 2019

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3 w. ago People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds

Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch EnglandPeople needing emergency dental care in England are being denied help from the NHS despite guidance saying that it should be available, in some cases resorting to risky self-treatment such as pulling out their own teeth, the patient watchdog has found.Patients who experience a sudden dental crisis such as a broken tooth, abscess or severe tooth pain are meant to be able to get help from their dentist or by calling NHS 111. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NHS urges anyone with smartphone to do one thing if they need medical help

Health officials are encouraging people to use NHS 111 for urgent but non-emergency care as hospitals face increased pressure from seasonal illnesses and flu hospitalisations rising by more than half

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3 w. ago Children targeted in urgent NHS vaccine drive to curb 'super

The so-called 'super-flu' has spread rapidly among schoolchildren, but only one in four has taken up the free vaccines.

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3 w. ago Shock rise in online child sexual abuse revealed with half of offenders under 18

Online messaging app Snapchat was used in more than half of all cases recorded by police with six children being targeted every hour in the digital world by offenders often under the age of 18

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3 w. ago Flu jab urgent one day deadline as NHS warns 'it's now or never'

The new H3N2 “subclade K” strain is behind a recent surge in cases of a particularly nasty flu this winter

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3 w. ago NHS boss tells public to 'wear a mask' amid urgent UK warning

Health chiefs have told people to wear a mask in public as a 'very nasty' strain of flu circulates

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3 w. ago NHS issues urgent flu vaccination warning as hospitalisations triple and schools shut amid 'superflu' outbreak

Health chiefs have warned people to get their flu jab 'as soon as possible' amid a 'particularly virulent' superflu, with 10 times more people hospitalised than at the same time two years ago

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3 w. ago Doctors are urged to call off strike as NHS issues urgent flu vaccination warning after London hospitalisations triple and schools shut amid 'superflu' outbreak

Medical leaders have pleaded with junior doctors to 'end their painful' strikes amid safety fears as it could clash with the worst outbreak in decades.

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