3 h. ago Patients are kept away and seen as an 'inconvenience', says NHS boss

The new chief executive has warned the NHS could lose the population if it does not reconnect with the public

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6 h. ago NHS keeps public away and patients are seen as 'inconvenience', health service's new boss says

Sir Jim Mackey, who was made chief executive of NHS England on March 31, has publicly criticised the health service for often being 'deaf' to criticism and retaining 'fossilised' methods of working.

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17 h. ago NHS keeps patients away because they are an inconvenience, new boss admits ahead of shake

Failing to listen to public frustrations could mean the end of a national health service, warns Sir Jim Mackey, as Labour prepares to unveil its 10-year plan for the NHS next week

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17 h. ago NHS keeps public away as patients seen as ‘inconvenience’, new boss says

Sir Jim Mackey’s statement comes as he prepares to implement a 10-year health plan to be published by the Government next week.

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21 h. ago US supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutional

Case challenged how members of an obscure but vital healthcare committee are appointedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has ruled that a key provision of “Obamacare”, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, is constitutional. The case challenged how members of an obscure but vital healthcare committee are appointed.The committee, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), is a panel of 16 volunteer health experts who determine which evidence-based preventive health services private insurance companies must cover without cost for patients. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago RFK Jr.'s made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F

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30 h. ago 5 benefits of a health MOT – and what we could learn from the Japanese approach

As populations age and the healthcare system faces growing pressure, proactive measures to support healthy ageing are more important than ever.

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51 h. ago Ministers considering alcohol advertising restrictions in line with junk food

Wes Streeting is set to announce radical reforms for the NHS in England after the recent spending review allocated £29 billion to the health service

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52 h. ago Amber heat health alert across UK as high temperatures risk 'danger to life'

The UKHSA issued the alert for at least seven UK regions, warning significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high temperatures

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57 h. ago Patients dying of sepsis because medics too slow to spot it, warns NHS watchdog

Recognition remains an ‘urgent safety risk’ and relatives’ concerns are too often ignored, says Health Services Safety Investigations BodySepsis is causing thousands of deaths a year, a charity has said, as the NHS’s safety watchdog warned that doctors and nurses are too often slow to identify and treat it.“The recognition of sepsis remains an urgent and persistent safety risk”, despite previous reports highlighting the large number of deaths it causes when diagnosed too late, according to the Health Services Safety Investigations Body. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Labour's latest plan for the health service? Discuss your health issues with AI doctors on the NHS app

Patients will discuss their health issues with an 'AI GP' on the NHS App under Labour's ten-year plan for the health service.

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3 d. ago Appointment of new Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership chief officer set to be ratified

Billy McClean, head of community health and care services at South Ayrshire HSCP, will take up the post.

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4 d. ago How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar

The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents“Make America healthy again”. We can all get behind this slogan and agree that much more could be done to improve the health of people living in the US. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health and human services secretary, recently released a report detailing the challenge of the US’s health. About 90% of it outlines the high rates of obesity, mental health issues and chronic disease, 10% covers vaccine scepticism, and 0% looks at solutions or any discussions of the systemic social and economic issues that drive much of the US’s health problems.But what surprised me more was a notable omission of the two biggest killers of American children. American children aren’t just unhealthier. They’re more likely to die in the first 19 years of life because of guns – both homicides and suicides – or in a road traffic accident than children in comparable ...

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5 d. ago Waspi group: Safeguard will ‘prevent risk of financial ruin’ in compensation bid

The Women Against State Pension Inequality group said an agreement had been reached for a costs capping order in its legal battle.

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5 d. ago Asian women called ‘divas’ by NHS staff when asking for pain relief – Streeting

He said he was determined to deal with inequalities and racism in the health service as he launched a probe into NHS maternity services.

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6 d. ago Health Secretary Wes Streeting says there 'isn't a budget' in NHS for assisted dying law

The Health Secretary - one of the top opponents of the legislation - said assisted dying would take 'time and money' away from other parts of the health service

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6 d. ago Wes Streeting warns there is no money in the NHS for assisted dying and helping people to end their lives will mean cuts to treatment for the living

The Health Secretary, who opposed the suicide law passed by MPs last week, said getting the system up and running would take 'time and money' away from other parts of the health service.

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8 d. ago Desperate mum in battle to keep her son safe after suffering unbearable tragedy

A desperate mother who has suffered unbearable tragedy is now in a battle to keep her son safe amid the chaos of mental health services and failures

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1 week ago I don't know if Lucy Letby's innocent or guilty. But I was Health Secretary when many of those babies died

Few criminal cases in modern British history have played on the public conscience quite like that of Lucy Letby. A neonatal nurse convicted of killing babies under her care, writes JEREMY HUNT.

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1 week ago Fire safety inspection finds ‘substantial risk’ at two RVH wards

Mike Nesbitt said the revelation will do ‘nothing to try and restore public and political confidence’ in the Belfast Trust.

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