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Today’s top health news (Thursday)

The UK’s top health news on Thursday 30 June 2022

Today’s top health news (Thursday)

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Snubbing my ventilation advice caused Covid deaths, says expert – The Times

Doctors treat first UK patient in Covid ‘super donor’ blood trial – The Guardian

Gender change data to be scrutinised – The Times

New guidelines for menopause care say women should be offered personalised treatment including diet and HRT – iNews

Invisible disabilities: How an autism diagnosis changed my life – BBC News

Suppliers opt to pass on inflation costs as NHS faces £280m bill – Health Service Journal

Workforce

Recruitment campaign to bring more GPs to Scotland from other parts of UK – The Herald

Scots hospital wards ‘hell on earth’ as staff absences soar due to Covid – Daily Record

Quarter of GP posts vacant within a decade in England, study warns – BBC News

Wellbeing

6 ways bereaved parents can be helped through their grief: ‘Don’t use clichés but please talk about our child’ – iNews

15 NHS gambling clinics ‘nowhere near enough’, says mother who lost her son to suicide
 – iNews

Public health

COVID-19 variants identified in the UK – latest updates – GOV. UK

Is polio in our sewage as worrying as it sounds? – The Guardian

Health and politics

Dominic Raab says right to abortion does not need to be in bill of rights – The Guardian

Scotland wants to pinch English GPs! Nicola Sturgeon’s government launches advertising blitz -Daily Record

Dundee MSP meets with drug activists as Holyrood debate on city deaths delayed
 – Daily Record

Other health news

Prince Charles previews sculpture paying tribute to NHS staff at Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh amid Covid – STV News

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