62 h. ago NHS England announces plans to introduce DIY cervical screening tests from 2026

It comes amid NHS England plans to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040

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68 h. ago DIY cervical screening kits could be rolled out from early 2026, NHS plan says

The health service said plans are ‘under way’ to ensure it can implement DIY testing if it is recommended by the UK National Screening Committee.

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2 d. ago Farage confirms he wants new NHS funding model but Labour says plan would lead to huge patient bills – UK politics live

Nigel Farage has tried to fend off claims that Reform UK would force people to pay to see a doctorNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, also told Today that the UK should negotiate a wide-ranging trade deal with the US. This should include agriculture, he said. Farage acknowledged that in the past talks on this have been held up by Britain not wanting to allow food imports produced to America’s less rigorous standards, but he claimed the solution was just to give consumers a choice. He said:Now there’s been some concern about chlorine-treated chicken etc, but there is an answer to that which is label things, let consumers decide I would allow consumers in America to buy our products and consumers here to buy their products, and provided we have the right labelling, that’s good.It looks like Nigel Farage has had the full indoctrination at Mar-a-Lago. No one in this country wants chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves.Farage wants to sell out our hard-working British farmers for...

Economics

2 d. ago NHS announces 'world leading' DIY smear tests plan to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040

First female leader of NHS England Amanda Pritchard announces plan to eliminate cervical cancer vowing to 'save many more women the pain and trauma of cancer'

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3 d. ago Wes Streeting’s plan to fix the NHS – Politics Weekly Westminster

The government has put improving the NHS at the heart of its plans, but will it be able to deliver on its promises? And how long could it take to turn the health service around? Pippa Crerar asked health secretary Wes Streeting at a special Guardian Live event. In a wide-ranging discussion, he also took questions on others issues including assisted dying, transgender rights and the war in Gaza. To purchase the full event video on demand, go to the theguardian.live Continue reading...

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7 d. ago NHS plan will see funds allocated to social care, Health Secretary says

Wes Streeting suggested he will increase NHS spending on social care but did not say by how much.

Society

3 w. ago Fury as drug addicts could get free crack pipes on the NHS under 'reckless' new plans for UK's first legal 'shooting gallery'

Free crack pipes could be handed out by the crisis-stricken NHS - under a 'reckless' plan to encourage addicts to smoke cocaine more safely

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3 w. ago Now addicts to get free crack pipes on the NHS under 'reckless' new plans for city shooting gallery

Free crack pipes could be handed out by the crisis-stricken NHS - under a 'reckless' plan to encourage addicts to smoke cocaine more safely

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