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Daily Mail is a fascist rag that has changed little since it supported Oswald Moseley and his BUF party back in 1930s.

Streeting hires adviser to combat staff anger over pay Wes Streeting has hired an experienced trade union official to help him deal with growing industrial unrest throughout the NHS workforce.

Is this as stupid as it sounds? Just wait until staff find out how much the ‘adviser’ is being paid
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British strikes on targets in Iran would be lawful, says deputy prime minister David Lammy says deploying RAF jets to protect British nationals and staff would be ‘entirely legal’

A weak government drifting further towards war
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Best way forward for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer PM defends decision not to join initial US-Israeli strikes and says UK is doing ‘everything we can’ to de-escalate situation

This is a joke, right? They were negotiating when Trump, mafia style, bombed them
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‘Without an updated technical infrastructure, the ambition of digitising the NHS remains a pipe dream’

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"8,000 members of UK public aged 16 yrs & older, asked to weigh up five trade-offs that policymakers, NHS leaders, health professionals and AI developers may face".

"the public tends to prioritise safety, oversight and assurance over speed or economic opportunity". More 👇
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It was really good to read the Baroness Casey speech on social care at Nuffield. Only hope gov is listening. But I do remember much of the frustration at NHS being a ‘National Hospital Service’ and reasons for it - expressed when worked as Director in NHS community services almost 30 yrs ago

‘The planned increase in health spending over this year is below the historic average but above the 2010s, while adjusting for population size and age also considerably reduces real-terms growth in NHS funding’
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SEND reforms left unanswered questions on home-to-school transport and council deficits - Committees - UK Parliament New plans designed to help local authorities struggling to finance support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) fail to take into account burgeoning home-to-school trans...

New plans for SEND fail to take into account burgeoning home -to- school transport costs
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How do NHS staff earnings compare to 15 years ago? Lucina Rolewicz and Stelios Vassiliou look at how pay for different NHS staff groups has changed in real terms since 2010 – and reveal that nurses and midwives are being particularly affected by low r...

‘NHS staff still earning less in real terms than 15 years ago’
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Trump expects Iran to collapse in a matter of weeks due to the heavy US bombing. Just like with carpet bombing of Cambodia and North Vietnam? Might also consider distinct lack of success Hitler had in aerial bombing Blitz of Britain during 1940/41. Trump will get bored and wander off.

This study concludes that ChatGPT’s health AI is more than a bit ‘iffy’ and has serious flaws
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“In my mind we have a National Hospitals Service, rather than a National Health Service”
“As the NHS has evolved it has withdrawn from the community”
“Putting more staff into hospitals while hollowing out staff numbers in community and primary care provision”
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Stronger protections for children with allergies in school Life-saving allergy pens must be stocked by schools for the first time under new plans announced today.

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NHS England » Corridor care definition NHS England » Corridor care definition

NHS England definition of ‘corridor care’
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Work and health regional data explorer This interactive data explorer presents latest published data on employment and economic inactivity, alongside indicators relating to work and health for the 9 English government office regions.

Staggering levels of poor mental health across England. One in five of population aged 18 yrs and over living with diagnosis of depression in some areas of North West. But awful in most of country. Along with MSK is the top reason for not working due to poor health
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Partha Kar: Expanding roles of healthcare staff—where are the safety checks? The past decade has seen a steady movement towards expanding the roles of different healthcare professionals, including physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists, driven by the belief that there a...

As other healthcare staff (and even AI- the ‘doctor in your pocket’ app) take on work previously done by a doctor is there a danger of loss of patient trust in system? www.bmj.com/content/392/...

US submarine sinks Iranian warship in Indian Ocean Attack on frigate off southern coast of Sri Lanka fuels fears Iran war extending beyond Middle East

An expanding war
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Scott Bessent says 15% global tariff ‘likely’ to be imposed this week US Treasury secretary says duty is set to increase from 10% rate introduced after last month’s Supreme Court defeat

A USA that is bullying, unpredictable, increasingly violent, erratic, unreliable in economics, business and politics is a life with an abusive partner that is driving much of the globe into the arms of a welcoming China
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🚨🚨 Trump MURDERED an ICU nurse THEN called him a terrorist!

Alex Pretti saved lives for a living!!

Trump repaid this American citizen by pumping 10 BULLETS into him and is now lying about it

Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly 🚨🚨

The Prime Minister is asked about abolishing leasehold.

He answers on management companies and ground rents that makes it really clear Labour have no intention of abolishing leasehold.

5 million people stuck paying service charges because Labour stand with property developers.

More prevention needed.
Analysis shows [NHS England data] that "people experiencing greater deprivation were 36% more likely to be admitted to hospital with pneumonia [...] These are patients more likely to live in damp, mouldy and poorly ventilated housing or areas of high air pollution".

Understatement of the year • Resolution Foundation The Spring Forecast was billed as a non‑event, but the underlying story is stark: weak growth, rising risks, and only a fleeting improvement in living standards. Our analysis shows why makerspolicy ma...

Although lower income families are set to see an unusually strong boost to disposable incomes in 2026-27 by the end of the Parliament, living standards are projected to stagnate or fall again with child poverty edging back up
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‘Alarming’ rise in pneumonia admissions highlights lack of preventive care Between April 2024 and March 2025 there were 579,475 cases of pneumonia requiring emergency hospitalisation

Low income households living in poor quality, cold, damp homes with high heating costs in areas of low air quality
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With life expectancy in UK now climbing to almost 80yrs for males and over 83yrs for females should not the preventable deaths statistics extend to an age range over 75yrs?

Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases such as atrial fibrillation and heart failure run in parallel with falling deaths from stroke and heart disease would suggest NHS early detection and treatment programmes are working- for less deprived at least
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Life expectancy improves to pre-covid levels but healthy life expectancy going in reverse. Females in the most deprived areas of the uk can now expect to spend almost a quarter of their life span in poor health.

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Starmer says UK will not join ‘regime change from the skies’ on Iran PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says Britain has learned lessons from Iraq on need for ‘thought-through plan’

A political tall tale that will fall as US B2 bombers drop their bombs on Iran, having taken off from UK controlled Diego Garcia
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Stronger UK public finances can withstand Iran war shock, Reeves to say Chancellor will seek to promote ‘stability dividend’ in Spring forecast on Tuesday

Whistling in the dark.
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