17 h. ago Labour freezes NHS prescription charges in England amid calls for 'sickness tax' to be scrapped

UK Government insists nine out of ten people in England should already be exempt from NHS prescription charges - FULL LIST of who should be getting them free

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20 h. ago Major prescription change means you could save hundreds on medicines

England is the only country in the UK that still charges, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all ditching the charges over a decade ago.

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21 h. ago Prescription charges in England frozen for first time in three years – Starmer

The Government said the move will save patients around £18 million next year.

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61 h. ago Miss World finalist plans to smash stereotypes in brand new ITV Genius Game Show

Former Miss World finalist and past Miss England contestant Bhasha Mukherjee - who now works as an NHS doctor - has discussed taking part in ITV's new high stakes game show

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3 d. ago NHS 'diversity manager' says trans staff who feel 'unsafe' after Supreme Court gender ruling should be allowed to work from home in memo to staff

A memo on the NHS England intranet stated the judgment had caused 'troubling times for our community' and voiced concerns it could impact 'pronoun use' and lead to 'purposeful misgendering'.

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4 d. ago Record number of people exercising and playing sport, report suggests

But experts warned that ‘barriers to getting active are still too high’.

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6 d. ago ME sufferers 'feel invisible and ignored' as NHS review shows two

NHS data for England shows middle age women and white people are much more likely to develop devastating myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) - otherwise known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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8 d. ago Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year

Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data revealsAbout 49,000 A&E visits last year resulted in patients waiting 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with people aged 65 or over making up almost 70% of cases.According to a freedom of information request by the Liberal Democrats, some patients went 10 days before getting a space on a ward. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Check your body every 3 weeks for these symptoms that could be cancer

NHS England’s top cancer doctor says we should be checking for these changes in our body at least once every three weeks - as they could be a sign of something serious

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1 week ago Robotics with ‘potential to transform’ surgery approved for NHS use in England

The new technology could lead to shorter stays in hospital and faster recovery times, experts have said.

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1 week ago Outpatient care ‘ineffective for both patients and staff’ – report

Leading doctors have set out a list of recommendations to improve care going forward.

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2 w. ago Patients with advanced skin cancer to test a new vaccine in NHS drive

The programme has already given thousands of patients better access to a personalised vaccine for bowel cancer.

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2 w. ago More than 1,000 people died from heat in England in 2024, figures show

The higher-than-expected number of deaths came despite relatively cooler conditions last year.

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2 w. ago NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care

The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month.

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2 w. ago Fierce Beer launches new Aldi Scotland exclusive to cheers Aberdeen Beer Festival

Shoppers in Scotland will get exclusive access to six new beers starting from just £1.89

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2 w. ago NHS spending watchdog slams ‘inconsistent’ rehab access for brain injured

Experts warned that people can see heir condition ‘decline’ without the right support.

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2 w. ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

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3 w. ago Quangos could be forced to close or merge under Whitehall review

It comes after Sir Keir Starmer announced last month that NHS England would be abolished.

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3 w. ago Major action launched to abolish MORE official bodies in same way as NHS England

Hundreds of official organisations across Whitehall could be abolished or merged - after it was announced that arms-length body NHS England will be axed last month

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3 w. ago David Lammy says Trump has taken US economic policy back 100 years with ‘return to protectionism’ – UK politics live

David Lammy, foreign secretary, says UK is ‘a nation that believes in open trade’ and says government is negotiating with US over economic agreementThe official plan to increase access to NHS dental services in England has been a “complete failure”, and some of the government’s initiatives have worsened the crisis, a damning report warns, Andrew Gregory reports.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, is at the Nato HQ in Brussels this morning, where Nato foreign ministers are meeting. Speaking to the media, he said President Trump was taking US economic policy back almost a century by embracing protectionism. He said:The United Kingdom, like France, is a great maritime nation.We are a nation that believes in open trade, and I regret the return to protectionism in the United States, something that we’ve not seen for nearly a century. Continue reading...

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