Category: NHS

NHS reports busiest ever summer as heatwaves drive up hospital admissions

Health secretary says extreme demand no longer confined to winter as service in England warns of knock-on effectsThe NHS faced the “busiest summer in its history” as the UK experienced a series of heatwaves, health officials...

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Reform UK says it will ‘fully cooperate’ with Met after inquiry launched into alleged overseas donations – UK politics live

Party denies wrongdoing after Scotland Yard confirms it is investigating allegations broadcast by Channel 4 after undercover stingAlex Burghart, the deputy Tory leader, was giving interviews this morning. On Israel, he opened up...

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Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS’s maternity services | Julia Sanders

It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity servicesIt is hard to find the words to describe the agony for those who have...

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Burnham urges retailers to stop selling disposable barbecues after emergency Cobra meeting – UK politics live

PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the...

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Cooper warns NHS must prepare for regular heatwaves as Burnham holds emergency Cobra meeting – UK politics live

Health secretary says service must plan ahead in the same way as it does for winter crises as UK faces its fifth heatwave of the summerJust 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food...

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By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris

Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerableOn the third day of being in labour with my first child, I entered a new state of being. It was time to dig...

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