Browsing: NHS

New ‘game changer’ pill to stop smoking to be given to thousands for free A daily pill designed to help people give up smoking will soon be…

NHS crisis ‘a million times worse’ than under Tony Blair, former health secretary warns The NHS is “drinking in the last-chance saloon”, Labour’s top health…

NHS is drinking in ‘last chance saloon’, says Labour health advisor The NHS has been warned it is “drinking in the last chance saloon” and…

Map shows location of potentially deadly mpox strain in UK | UK News The second and third cases of the Clade Ib mpox virus have been detected. The…

UK Daily Trending stories Trending – Budget to fix a broken but not beaten NHS  Most of Tuesday’s front pages speculate on tomorrow’s budget with…

Independent readers call for more vaping and smoking regulations as ban on disposables looms With a date now set for the UK’s ban on disposable…

Wes Streeting – salary £160,000 – says he counts as ‘working person’ as Budget row goes on Wes Streeting has become the latest minister embroiled…

UK-wide ban on disposable vapes from June 2025 Disposable vapes are set to be banned across Britain from 1 June 2025. New laws will reportedly…

NHS in England given go-ahead for AI scans to help detect bone fractures X-ray add-on at an estimated £1 a scan aimed at reducing missed…

Wes Streeting warned inflation busting NHS Budget deal will not be enough Fears have been raised that Wes Streeting’s inflation-busting funding deal for the NHS…

Reeves plans stealth taxes as Starmer prepares to splurge billions on NHS Sir Keir Starmer has insisted that his government will not break Labour’s manifesto…

Wes Streeting’s NHS revolution with smartwatches to monitor diabetes in 10-year plan Wes Streeting is set to reveal plans for people to monitor their own…

Food guru Tim Spector and health experts call on NHS to make vegan food the norm in hospitals Food guru Tim Spector has joined healthcare…

Unemployed to be given weight-loss jab to help them back into work, government announces Unemployed people will be given weight-loss jabs to assist them back…

World-first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in the UK in bid to wipe out disease The world’s first vaccine to prevent ovarian cancer is being…

NHS warns of 18,000 flu deaths since 2022 as it urges vaccination uptake Health experts ask those eligible to ‘help reduce the burden on our…

Keir Starmer ready to face down ‘nanny state’ jibes in radical public health drive Junk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded…

More than a million unpaid UK carers living in poverty, research finds Carers UK estimates 600 people a day quit jobs to care for loved…

NHS faces ‘tipping point’ in England where most appointments will not be with GPs Rapidly falling number of family doctors will harm ‘continuity and quality’…

Pregnant women and older people in England offered RSV vaccine on NHS Programme for respiratory syncytial virus could prevent estimated 5,000 hospitalisations annually in infantsPregnant…

Alzheimer’s ‘wonder drug’ won’t be available on NHS because it’s too costly The NHS spending watchdog has recommended that a ‘groundbreaking’ Alzheimer’s drug shouldn’t be…

Deadlier mpox variant ‘likely already in the UK’ A deadlier variant of mpox that is tearing through Africa is ‘very likely’ already in the UK,…

UK Daily Trending stories Trending – ‘Blood on their hands’ report lays bare failings that left Calocane free to kill A report laying bare the…

How to travel on the Tube in hot weather Summer has finally reached the UK, with a spell of hot weather that has seen the…

Gonorrhoea: What is it and how to avoid catching it Gonorrhoea is a really common STI and it’s caused by the bacterium neisseria gonorrhoeae. A…