Reporting from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk 2026 summit today

First up Professor Sir Chris Whitty on #misinformation #disinformation #ntsummit

Prof Martin Marshall
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk chair
Opening the annual #ntsummit
The health policy event highlight of the year
It is a real privilege to be a trustee and board member of this fantastic organisation
And speaker line up for the next two days is fantastic

Wes Streeting’s cancer plan is admirable – but won’t be a silver bullet for the NHS The government has published a plan with strong promises for NHS cancer care. But will it be a hostage to scientific developments – and is it getting the ‘basics’ right? Rebecca Thomas takes a look

Wes Streeting’s #cancer plan is admirable – but it’s not the silver bullet the #NHS needs
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Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’ The NHS can offer more treatments for cancer than ever before, but clinicians warn that staff shortages mean patients cannot get these life-saving treatments in time, as Rebecca Thomas reports

Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’ #nhs #cancer #nhswaitingtimes
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Care worker arrested for alleged rape of patient at private mental health hospital Eight workers at St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton, were arrested over an alleged assault, including one on suspicion of rape

Care worker arrested for alleged rape of patient at private mental health hospital
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Mental health hospital paid millions by NHS facing police probe after patient death Police are investigating the death of an elderly man, while eight care workers have been arrested on suspicion of wilful neglect and ill treatment of another patient at the 400-bed St Andrew’s Hospita...

Mental health hospital paid millions by NHS facing police probe after patient death www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Woman left to die alone on corridor trolley in 'broken' A&E Staff at a Merseyside hospital told the ECHO that an older woman died without being tended to by exhausted and overrun NHS teams at a hospital experiencing overwhelming demand

This week an elderly woman died alone on a trolley in a hospital corridor, with desperate, exhausted staff unable to tend to her

This is the reality in our NHS right now and for those on the front line, it’s horrifying

Surgeon who had his legs amputated and told insurers he had sepsis charged with fraud Dr Neil Hopper is also charged with encouraging someone else to remove body parts of others

Surgeon named ‘Bravest in Britain’ who told insurers he had his legs amputated due to sepsis charged with fraud www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

@theRCNchief Nicola Ranger warns the government it risks repeating the mistakes of the Mid Staffordshire Scandal

Tight Budgets And Tough Decisions | The Impact Of NHS Financial Decisions | The King's Fund Tight NHS budgets are having an impact on integrated care boards, systems and hospitals. Tight budgets mean tough decisions, but what are the consequences of this on staff, patients and care?

Eye-opening report from @TheKingsFund

NHS trust leaders consider cutting hospital beds, closing hospitals, community paediatrics, clinical psychiatry for cancer patients

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The Independent: "UK SPENDS DOUBLE THE DEFENCE BUDGET ON WORKING AGE BENEFITS"
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