The Guardian says more than 27,000 nurses and midwives quit the NHS last year, with many blaming job pressures, the Covid pandemic and poor patient care for their decision.
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Daily Mirror says a patient was forced to wait in an ambulance for 24 hours outside a hospital due to the on-going NHS crisis.
Sky News says an estimated 60,000 NHS workers are believed to be living with post-traumatic stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.
Daily Mirror says the NHS has added nine new official Covid symptoms, just as free lateral flow tests are axed.
The Guardian says the first inquiry of its kind held in England is investigating the deaths of 1,500 people who died while being cared for as patients of NHS mental health services in Essex.
Official data shows Covid cases have risen by a million in a week in the United Kingdom.
The Metro says Chaz applied for emergency travel documents at the British Consulate, but he developed severe jaundice while waiting – which can clearly be seen in the photo he took for his application.
The Guardian says rising numbers of people entering hospital with Covid are leading to other patients becoming infected, staff absences, delayed operations and long waits in emergency departments.
The Guardian says Millions of patients in England face dangerously long waits for mental health care unless ministers urgently draw up a recovery plan to tackle a “second pandemic”
The Metro says a murder investigation has been launched after a fatal fight broke out at a hospital.
The Metro says the health secretary has pledged to recruit 15,000 new health workers as part of his plan to tackle the NHS waiting list in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government will meet later today to decide on whether to do a major U-turn and scrap mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for NHS workers in England.
BBC News says ministers will meet later to decide whether or not to scrap mandatory Covid vaccinations for NHS staff in England.
The Guardian says The NHS has increased the daily rate of booster vaccinations by three-quarters in a week – but remains short of the roughly 1.5m jabs a day.
The Guardian says Entire hospital units could be forced to shut because of staff quitting in protest at the government’s order that they must all be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The Guardian says The NHS was put on a crisis footing tonight as hospitals in England were told to discharge as many patients as possible.
BBC News says NHS England is to issue detailed guidance to hospitals, pharmacists and GPs about the major expansion of the Covid booster vaccine programme.
The Independent says More than 5.8 million patients were waiting for routine surgery by the NHS in England by the end of September, new data has revealed.
The Metro says NHS staff in England will have to be double jabbed against Covid or lose their jobs, the government is expected to announce later.
The Sun says NHS workers should be legally forced to get Covid jabbed before the winter to avoid a crisis, former health secretary Matt Hancock said.
The Guardian says Covid booster jabs are now being given at walk-in clinics in England as the NHS aims to increase vaccine uptake before a challenging winter.
BBC News says the NHS in England is to receive an extra £5.9bn in this week’s Budget, the money will be used to help clear the record backlog of people waiting for tests and scans.
The Guardian says NHS staff across the UK are facing a “growing tide of abuse” including assaults from patients, which they say is being caused by frustration at long waits for care.
The Independent says Unvaccinated pregnant women accounted for nearly a fifth of the most severely ill coronavirus patients in England in recent months.
BBC News says people in Wales need an NHS Covid pass to be able to legally attend big events or nightclubs from Monday.