23 h. ago Major poll reveals "startling collapse" in satisfaction with the NHS

Number of adults who say they are dissatisfied with health service is at highest level on record

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29 h. ago Six in 10 people unhappy with NHS, poll reveals amid ‘startling collapse’ in public satisfaction with health service

Nearly one in 10 people feel they have been harmed by the health service in recent years, a new poll suggests

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29 h. ago Public satisfaction with the NHS has 'collapsed' to a record low amid long waits for care and wasteful spending, 'gold

Britons blame their frustrations on long waits for a GP, dentist and hospital bed, a shortage of frontline staff and bureaucrat's wasteful spending.

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29 h. ago NHS satisfaction lowest on record as Wes Streeting vows to make it ‘envy of the world again’

British Social Attitudes survey shows a "startling collapse" in public satisfaction with the NHS with only one in five now satisfied with the state of the health service

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64 h. ago DVSA to introduce new rule as driving test wait times hit record high

The number of test centres with a 24-week waiting time has nearly doubled

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68 h. ago Driving test waiting times soar to record high as backlog continues

Shocking new figures have revealed the number of test centres with learners waiting the maximum possible period.

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3 d. ago Changes to driving test rules as learners hit by record waiting time

The Department for Transport has previously announced a series of measures aimed at tackling the backlog

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1 week ago What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot

Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at riskIf humanity has an epitaph, it might read something like this: “Knackered by the things we missed.” It is true that several existential threats are widely known and widely discussed. But some of the greatest dangers we face appear on almost no one’s radar.How often have you thought about this one: spreading sewage sludge on farmland? I would guess very few would include it in their top civilisational hazards. Despite the best efforts of a handful of us, it trundles on, unknown to most. Surprising as it may seem, new research suggests that it could help call time on us.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'I've won £450 on Cheltenham ponies so far – it will pay for my Benidorm nonsense'

EXCLUSIVE: Joyous revellers in Benidorm have revealed what they're spending their winnings on after the Gold Cup despite bad weather, stinking hangovers and Super Mario costumes

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2 w. ago Dumfries and Galloway outpatient appointment waiting lists hit record high

As many as 15 people in the region could have been waiting for more than two years to be seen.

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2 w. ago Annie & the Caldwells: Can’t Lose My (Soul) review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Luaka Bop)Forty years into their career, this family band deliver their debut – and it’s a life-affirming album full of spontaneity and seemingly telepathic harmonisingThe saga of Annie & the Caldwells’ debut album is lengthy and convoluted. The record probably wouldn’t have existed at all had crate-digging record collectors not chanced upon Waiting for the Trumpet to Sound, a 1974 single by gospel group the Staples Jr Singers, released on a Mississippi label so obscure that only one copy has ever been sold on Discogs. It came to the attention of Greg Belson, a British-born, LA-based soul DJ, who has carved out a niche playing recherché dancefloor-friendly gospel (if you want to hear the Lord’s praises being sung amid the sweatily hedonistic environs of Glastonbury’s gay club NYC Downlow, then he’s your go-to guy). He included its B-side on a 2019 compilation, The Time for Peace is Now: Gospel Music About Us.The song’s author, Annie Caldwell, has recalled receiving “a call from...

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3 w. ago Scots cancer patients face waiting times emergency because SNP failed to fix NHS

In his regular column for the Record, the Scottish Labour leader says he would declare a "Waiting Times Emergency" if he becomes First Minister.

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