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Jesy Nelson petition demanding a baby SMA test smashes 100k signatures in a day Jesy Nelson's petition on spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to Parliament surpasses 100,000 signatures as she says her twins have 'made me the person I always wanted to be'

Jesy Nelson’s petition for SMA screening hits 100k signatures in just one day after staggering public response

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Jesy Nelson launches petition and joins Mirror campaign on SMA babies Jesy Nelson says ‘I’m really proud to be working alongside the Mirror and SMA UK’ as she launches petition in Parliament for newborn screening for SMA

Sign Jesy’s petition today and join the Mirror campaign to save more babies from suffering lifelong disability due to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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GPs to hand over patient data to help ‘transform our understanding of disease’ NHS data could now be used to understand why some common conditions - such as arthritis, dementia, diabetes, asthma, depression, and anxiety - develop in the first place

GPs hand over patient data in move that will ‘transform our understanding of disease’

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Government launches National Cancer Plan after survival rates in Britain fell behind much of Europe in the last decade

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Wes Streeting told by SMA charity boss ‘don’t let down families’ - as more babies get muscle wasting disease

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Victory could be in sight for SMA campaigners as @wesstreeting vows to ‘ask his team’ whether all babies could get NHS test for the devastating muscle wasting disease

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The Mirror today launches a national campaign to have spinal muscular dystrophy (SMA) added to the NHS newborn heel prick test

Here’s why it’s needed to prevent 33 babies a year being left paralysed - www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

New hope we could be turning the tide against super flu to save Christmas Pandemic spirit may be driving behavioural change on vaccinations and responsible social mixing to stabilise super flu just in time for Christmas

Early days, but today’s NHS data offers hope the country may be starting to turn the tide against flu

Lessons from the Covid pandemic may not all have been completely forgotten 🤞

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Britain’s leading scientists warn NHS has ‘no treatments proven to be effective’ against severe flu

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Doctors out in force on picket lines at start of 5-day NHS strike

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NHS drug deal to placate Donald Trump ‘will cost 15,000 British lives’

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Top prostate can cancer expert who rejected screening for UK explains how one high PSA test can ‘snowball’

‘We explain to them the leakage and loss of sexual function, but they just say - “I want it out”’

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Prostate cancer screening for Black men and those with a family history of the disease is rejected for the UK

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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏

LET’S KEEP GOING!

If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
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Major government plan to let people die in their own homes Government to reform end-of-life care to allow us to choose where we take our last breath as ‘too many people are dying in pain, frightened and without support’

Major Government plan to let people choose where they die

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'Don’t believe anyone who says Covid-19 lockdowns were not necessary' Mirror Health Editor Martin Bagot says lockdown critics are exactly the people who made full lockdowns both necessary and unavoidable during the Covid-19 pandemic

Don’t let anyone tell you Covid-19 lockdowns weren’t necessary

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NHS faces ‘stark choice’ if Britain caves to Donald Trump’s drug pricing threats NHS leaders have written to the Government warning patients will wait longer for care if a funding blackhole of up to £3 billion is not filled as Donald Trump threatens higher drug prices

NHS faces ‘stark choice’ on £1.5bn funding black hole this year if Britain caves to Donald Trump’s drug pricing threats

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Covid Inquiry uncovers ‘forgotten’ children left disabled by Long Covid Long Covid Kids supports 7,000 children whose parents say they have been 'gas lit' by NHS, schools and social services, as the inquiry uncovered pandemic-era advice against diagnosing the condition

Covid-19 Inquiry reveals the ‘forgotten’ children left disabled and bedbound by Long Covid

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'I looked Boris Johnson in the face - his hair-raising admission speaks volumes' Former PM Boris Johnson arrived early at the Covid-19 Inquiry to avoid protesters today - but they confronted him on the way out after he made startling admission

Boris Johnson’s hair-raising admission says everything about his attitude to Covid-19

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Boris Johnson admits children could have been exempted from Covid lockdowns

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Sir Chris Whitty says people were forced indoors too much during Covid pandemic and says he thought that at the time

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Poorer health linked to surge in Reform UK votes, BMJ study indicates Poorer health metrics, particularly for respiratory and chronic diseases, are strongly linked to a higher proportion of votes for Reform UK

Reform UK really is a sick party.

Why Labour believes improving the NHS will be bad for Farage and good for Starmer.

"Poorer health linked to surge in Reform UK votes, BMJ study indicates"

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Johnson & Johnson sued by cancer patients claiming talc contained asbestos

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Major NHS change will see GPs in some areas get funding to see patients quicker GP change will tackle ‘inverse care’ where areas of highest health need are currently getting a worse NHS service

GP practices in working class areas to get more Gov funding in a major NHS reform

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Trump deal to make NHS pay more for medicines ‘will harm patients’, experts warn

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Worrying new data shows UK is braced for worst flu season in years Australia is going through its worst winter flu season for seven years - with Britain expected to face the same as temperatures start to drop

Britain braced for worst flu season in years as data from Australia hints at what’s coming

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Wes Streeting unveils historic Fair Pay Agreement for social care workers

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#FairCareForAll

Mirror IN YOUR AREA FUNERAL NOTICES SHOP COMPETITIONS DAT EXCLUSIVE: Labour MPs confronted at conference over NHS private finance 'betrayal' Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS 'payday loans'

Labour was elected to protect our #NHS, not open the door to disastrous new private finance deals!

Great coverage of our action outside Labour Party conference today, by @martinbagot
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Labour MPs confronted over NHS private finance ‘betrayal’ Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

PFI deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

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Hi @UKLabour - save NHS dentistry by reversing a decade of stealth cuts

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