2 h. ago ‘Friends, not foes’ needed to help fix broken NHS, Streeting tells BMA

The Health Secretary was speaking at a special meeting of the organisation.

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16 h. ago British Air India crash survivor might never return to the UK because he is too scared to fly

The miracle sole survivor of the Air India disaster is unlikely to ever return home to Britain because he is too frightened to board a plane, his family said last night.

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17 h. ago 'Whopping' overtime and agency bill for social care under fire as Scottish council spending revealed

Figures shows spike in spending over past five years

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2 d. ago Chris Sutton urges Brendan Rodgers to clarify his Celtic future as he makes Jurgen Klopp comparison

The Hoops boss is preparing to face the media after a tumultuous fornight at Parkhead including talk of the boss looking for an exit

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3 d. ago 'Shameful': Planned closure of GP surgery and dispensary in Renfrewshire village finalised

Seal of approval from Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership noted at integration joint board.

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3 d. ago Waiting list for planned hospital treatment rises for second month in a row

The Government has said it has an ‘ambitious target’ to cut maximum wait times from 18 months to 18 weeks for NHS patients across England.

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4 d. ago Living the high life! 'Crashed jet plane' split in two in the Somerset countryside is Britain's quirkiest AirBnB

The unique accommodation is comprised of two parts of an old Lufthansa aircraft pieced together to resemble a 'marooned' scene in the isolated Somerset countryside.

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4 d. ago Israeli President 'must answer' war crimes allegations ahead of Keir Starmer meeting

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Israeli President Isaac Herzog must explain how he believes the Israeli government can achieve its aim in Gaza 'without genocide'

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4 d. ago Mandelson ‘not guilty by association’ over Epstein birthday book, Streeting says

Wes Streeting has defended Peter Mandelson after the US ambassador appeared to refer to Jeffrey Epstein as his “best pal” according to files released by a US congressional committee.

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4 d. ago Falkirk project helps 50 people leave hospital and avoid moving to care home

Funding swapped from the NHS to social care is already proving its worth as people are supported to stay at home

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5 d. ago Streeting says next deputy leader of the Labour Party ‘ideally’ should be a woman

Wes Streeting has said that the next deputy leader of the Labour Party should “ideally” be a woman.

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5 d. ago Thornberry and Phillipson join contest for Labour deputy leadership

Backbench MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, meanwhile, appears set to be the main candidate from the left of the party.

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5 d. ago Wes Streeting: Israel’s president ‘needs to answer’ genocide claims

The Health Secretary said Israel’s president Isaac Herzog had to explain how his country could achieve its aims in Gaza without ‘ethnic cleansing’.

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5 d. ago University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire hosts Participation Day

Event marks one year since the launch of its Engagement and Participation Strategy (2024-2027).

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5 d. ago Greater Manchester's NHS trusts ranked as both best and worst in England

The NHS Trust rankings have been released by the Department of Health and Social Care showing the regional disparities in care

Sport

5 d. ago Worst performing hospitals ‘named and shamed’ in league table

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says his league table will pinpoint where support is needed but some fear hospitals serving tougher patches could be wrongly blamed

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5 d. ago Reform accused of having 'no plan' after saying it'd scrap high

Reform UK was last night accused of having 'no plan' for Britain after its deputy leader Richard Tice said it would scrap new high-speed rail schemes if elected

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7 d. ago Unearthed: Britain's 'plot to nuke Russia in wake of WWII'... using bombs dropped from wooden planes

The rumoured plans, outlined in 1946, would have seen Allied planes hammer Soviet positions in Germany and eastern Europe to pre-empt an expected Russian attack.

Events

7 d. ago Vaccine sceptic doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine

Health secretary Wes Streeting criticised the party for allowing Dr Assem Malhotra to speak

Science

7 d. ago France’s political crisis reveals deep rift between the people and their politicians

The likely fall of prime minister François Bayrou exposes a political malaise that is likely to sour French politics well beyond the 2027 presidential election as the far right exploits the momentAs the French government faces likely collapse in a confidence vote on Monday, plunging the eurozone’s second biggest economy and key diplomatic power into a domestic political crisis, Jonathan Denis, a 42-year-old a bank manager and health rights campaigner, was concerned about the terrible impact it will have on France’s dying and terminally ill.The centrist president Emmanuel Macron had promised assisted dying and improved palliative care would be the biggest social reform of his second term but the bill, which had been scheduled to go before the senate next month, now risks being delayed once more by the unpredictable revolving door of four prime ministers in just over three years. Continue reading...

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