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Starmer says NHS must ‘reform or die’ – but how?
‘Broken but not beaten’ was the prime minister’s summary of the health service today as he listed ways to rebuild it.
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‘Water executives will no longer get away with polluting’, says Environment Secretary
Water company bosses could be banned from getting bonuses and even be sent to prison under a new government law to crack down on pollution.
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How the healthcare system failed survivors in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire
Survivors of the Grenfell fire were failed by health and care services who did not listen to their needs, according to a new report by The Kings Fund.
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Polio vaccinations start in Gaza ahead of pause in fighting
Israeli air strikes are reported to have killed at least 48 people today, as the UN began vaccinating children against polio.
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Ozempic research is ‘exciting’, says British Heart Foundation’s Chief Medical Officer
We spoke to Professor Bryan Williams, the Chief Scientific and Medical Officer at the British Heart Foundation.
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Ozempic hailed as ‘fountain of youth’ which could ‘slow ageing’
multiple studies have shown that the weight-loss drug Ozempic also reduces inflammation, and could be used to treat other conditions like cancer, arthritis and Parkinson’s.
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UK doctor in Gaza: ‘huge effort’ needed to give 600,000 children polio vaccine
We spoke to Dr Hareen de Silva, a British doctor from the medical aid charity UK-Med, who’s in Gaza and involved in the vaccination campaign.
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‘I still haven’t received an apology’ says mother of a girl who died drinking Costa hot chocolate
The mother of a 13-year-old girl who died after drinking a Costa Coffee hot chocolate has told Channel 4 News she still hasn’t received an apology from the firm.
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Starmer backs smoking ban on in pub gardens and outdoor areas
There will be no more cigarettes with your pint in beer gardens across England, if the government pushes ahead with its anti-smoking plans.
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Surge of ‘rogue employers’ exploiting international care workers
There are increasing reports of international care workers being ripped off, abused and exploited. Now the Royal College of Nursing is calling on the government to launch a full and urgent investigation.
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‘We need to address mpox at the source’, says children charity
We spoke to Greg Ramm, Save The Children’s Democratic Republic of the Congo’s country director.
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Olympics: how much should be spent on greatest show on earth?
Whilst the Games might be the greatest show on earth, there may be an unwanted conversation about whether nations should be spending this amount of money on an Olympics.
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‘There’s so little real understanding of ME in the NHS’, says campaigner
We spoke to Karen Hargrave, who launched a campaign to lobby for better care for people with the condition, after her husband’s life was decimated by the disease. She is also a sufferer.
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27-year-old died from malnutrition due to severe ME, inquest finds
A young woman died from malnutrition because of severe ME, a coroner has ruled – at the end of a ten day inquest in Exeter.
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‘A Diabetic Tsunami’ – The Welsh hospitals grappling with rising diabetes
At least 8% of the adult population in Wales now has diabetes, the highest estimated prevalence rate of the four UK nations. The rate of new diabetes registrations, mostly Type 2, continues to astound.