47 h. ago Warning as '100 people hospitalised' after taking same popular supplement in Spain

The Clinical Analysis Laboratory recorded about a hundred poisonings

Events

60 h. ago The Doctor in your pocket will see you now! But will ministers really be able to deliver the all

The NHS App will use AI and become the 'digital front door' of the health service under the proposals designed to ease pressure on hospitals and GPs.

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2 d. ago Keir Starmer's plan to 'rewire' NHS explained – why you won’t have to go to hospital

Sir Keir Starmer launches the Government's 'Ten Year Health Plan' which aims to transform where we get NHS care - here's what it will mean for us all

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2 d. ago You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care, Streeting warned

Social care was described as a ‘very significant question’ hanging over the blueprint by the shadow health secretary.

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3 d. ago 82 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 38 people waiting for aid, authorities say

Airstrikes and shootings killed 82 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 38 while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday

Events

3 d. ago Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres

Prime minister unveils 10-year health plan to ‘put care on people’s doorsteps’ and prevent illness in first placeWes Streeting: My job is to make the NHS fit for the futureThe NHS will shift a huge amount of care from hospitals into new community health centres to bring treatment closer to people’s homes and cut waiting times, Keir Starmer will pledge on Thursday.The prime minister will outline radical plans to give patients in England much easier access to GPs, scans and mental health support in facilities that are open 12 hours a day, six days a week. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future | Wes Streeting

Our 10-year plan, backed by an extra £29bn, will transform the service through AI and neighbourhood care – and hand power back to patientsWes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social careThere are moments in our national story when our choices define who we are. In 1948, Clement Attlee’s government made a choice founded on fairness: that everyone in our country deserves to receive the care they need, not the care they can afford.That the National Health Service was created amid the rubble and ruin of the aftermath of war makes that choice all the more remarkable. It enshrined in law and in the service itself our collective conviction that healthcare is not a privilege to be bought and sold, but a right to be cherished and protected. Now it falls to our generation to make the same choice.Wes Streeting is secretary of state for health and social care Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Study reveals that older adults face longer ER wait times at hospitals

Increases may be driven by several factors, such as increased patient complexity, growing demand, and ongoing staffing and resource shortages

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4 d. ago Almost one in five NHS operations now carried out in private hospitals

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen to its lowest level for two years

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4 d. ago Digital ‘one stop shop’ for NHS will speed up care for patients, Government says

The new ‘innovator passport’ will mean technology that has been robustly assessed by one NHS organisation can easily be adopted by others.

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4 d. ago Older adults are waiting even longer in emergency departments, study finds

Increases may be driven by several factors, such as increased patient complexity, growing demand, and ongoing staffing and resource shortages

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6 d. ago Pregnant teacher rushed to hospital with bleed on the brain days before due date

Secondary school teacher Rachel Rimmer took a worrying turn days before she was due to give birth to her daughter after suddenly suffering a headache on her last day of work

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7 d. ago David Beckham health update from wife Victoria after sparking worry with hospital photo

The 50-year-old football star recently underwent surgery, with Victoria revealing her husband had been in the hospital

Culture

8 d. ago Boris Johnson's wife in hospital after birth of fourth child as she issues warning to new mums

Carrie and Boris Johnson welcomed baby Poppy on May 21 but the mum was back in hospital this week after a string of health problems.

Events

8 d. ago Spain star Aitana Bonmati hospitalised with meningitis ahead of Euro 2025

The two-time Ballon d’Or winner could yet miss the tournament

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8 d. 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

Science

8 d. 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.

Science

8 d. ago Fact check: How much do resident doctors earn, and what do they want?

With resident doctors in England being balloted over possible strike action, Full Fact looks at what resident (formerly ‘junior’) doctors earn.

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9 d. ago David Beckham's health woes after surprise hospital stint – from cracked vertebrae to OCD

David Beckham, who was recently pictured in an arm sling in the hospital in a snap shared by his wife Victoria, has sustained multiple painful injuries over the years

Science

9 d. ago Government announces plans to put ‘digital front doors’ on mental health care

It comes as the Department of Health and Social Care confirmed 85 new mental health emergency departments will be built across England.

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