11 h. ago NHS app to become new ‘front door’ for appointments, screenings and test results

Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones

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13 h. ago NHS app to become default source for appointments, screenings and test results

Millions more people will receive personal health information directly to their smartphones within the next three years.

Politics

21 h. ago Health Secretary to unveil 'death of the doctor's letter' in digital first switch to help slash NHS postage bills

Health Secretary Wes Streeting will unveil plans to switch to a 'digital first' system, with almost all patient communications made via the NHS app.

Society

46 h. ago Government promises quicker A&E times under plan to help end corridor care

A&E league tables will be published to drive up performance, according to the new plan for emergency care.

Politics

68 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: By not stopping the boats, Starmer is signing his political death warrant. But there IS one solution, if only he's brave enough

Let's assume Sir Keir Starmer wants to win the next election. Let's also assume he has no desire to be replaced as PM in the next year or so by Wes Streeting or Angela Rayner or anyone else.

Events

6 d. ago Resident doctors warn of ‘immensely disruptive’ potential co

The physicians formerly known as junior doctors are being balloted in England for strike action.

Events

6 d. ago Wes Streeting urged to ditch 'absurd' bid to electrify all UK ambulances within 15 years

The cash-strapped NHS is preparing to abandon all its diesel ambulances and install almost 5,000 charging points at hospitals and ambulance stations to power a fleet of electric-powered vehicles.

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8 d. ago Voices: ‘Why are they striking? Because they can’: Readers frustrated by threat of further NHS industrial action

Frustration and sympathy collide as readers debate potential NHS strikes, with one noting that ‘a good carpenter can out earn most doctors’

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9 d. ago Striking junior doctors no longer have public’s backing, Wes Streeting says

The health secretary’s intervention marks a drastic shift in tone after he brought months of strike action to an end last year by handing doctors a 22 per cent pay rise within weeks of entering office

Events

9 d. ago Wes Streeting warns junior doctors that going on strike for six months over pay would 'choke' NHS recovery

The Health Secretary squared up to the British Medical Association as a new poll suggested support for industrial action by medicals is falling.

Events

9 d. ago DR MAX: This insatiable demand for higher doctors' pay looks tawdry and cynical. It makes me want to rip up my BMA membership card

DR MAX: Junior doctors are threatening to strike again. So what, you might say? When are they not threatening a walk-out? In the past two years, they have taken industrial action 11 times.

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1 week ago Junior doctors seeking almost 30% pay rise to avoid more strike action

Wes Streeting urged resident doctors not to vote for strike action after they demanded their pay be restored to 2008 levels

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1 week ago UK trains hundreds of thousands of doctors for NHS to ‘treat them like cr**’, health secretary admits

Wes Streeting urges doctors not to strike and set back the NHS’s progress on recovery

Society

1 week ago UK trains hundreds of thousands of doctors for NHS to ‘treat them like crap’, health secretary admits

Wes Streeting urges doctors not to strike and set back the NHS’ progress on recovery

Society

1 week ago Voices: The NHS is finally on the road to recovery – I urge doctors not to go on strike

This government inherited an NHS on its knees – for the sake of the patients, I hope that resident doctors decide against a strike that would only set back the clear progress we are making, says health secretary Wes Streeting

Sport

2 w. ago Fact check: NHS appointments rise hailed by government is smaller than last year

Figures obtained by Full Fact show how the recent rise in the number of in-hospital appointments compares to previous years.

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2 w. ago GP jobs ‘crisis’ leaves qualified doctors considering unemployment benefits

Leading doctors have called for special funding to enable more GPs to be employed in England.

Society

2 w. ago If Keir Starmer is not robotic enough for you, his AI twin is ready for your questions

Leon Emirali has created digital versions of all UK MPs, including a Wes Streeting avatar who is unabashedly frank about who the next PM should beIf you are one of the few people on the planet who fancies a chat with Keir Starmer, then there’s a new AI model for you.A former chief of staff to a Tory minister has created Nostrada, which aims to enable users to talk with an AI version of each of the UK parliament’s 650 MPs – and lets you ask them anything you want. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Grit’ no substitute for better mental health funding for pupils in England, say experts

As education secretary unveils £49m for school-based support and calls for ‘grit’, charity says many children have significant treatment needsMinisters’ efforts to promote “grit” among children are no substitute for better funded mental health support in England’s schools, according to school leaders and experts.Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and Wes Streeting, the health secretary, claimed in an article for the Daily Telegraph that more mental health support teams (MHSTs) for schools would “not only halt the spiral towards crisis but cultivate much-needed grit among the next generation – essential for academic success and life beyond school, with all its ups and downs”. Continue reading...

Science

3 w. ago Schoolchildren to be taught to develop 'grit' that prepares them for 'life's ups and downs' in government drive to cut mental health problems

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson and Health Secretary Wes Streeting made the vow as they unveiled a new push to reduce absences caused by poor mental health.

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