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The UK’s top health news on Tuesday 12 October 2021

Written on 12 October 2021

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College joins global health community in call for climate action ahead of COP26 to avert “biggest health threat facing humanity” – News Blog

Latest health news

Covid: UK start to pandemic worst public health failure ever, MPs say – BBC News

Covid-19 inquiry: ‘Many thousands’ of pandemic deaths could have been avoided, MPs find in damning report – iNews

Covid-19 lessons learnt report: The five tragic mistakes ministers made – and one success – iNews

Covid response ‘one of UK’s worst ever public health failures’ – The Guardian

‘Extraordinary omission’: key findings in scathing UK Covid report – The Guardian

Damning Commons Covid report should be seen only as a start – The Guardian

Covid-19: Ministers urge parents to get children vaccinated – BBC News

Mother drives son, 12, to get covid jab in Scotland as concerns grow over pace of roll-out in English schools – iNews

Covid-19 news: Concern over critically ill unvaccinated pregnant women – New Scientist

Explainer: why has the UK’s vaccination rate slowed down? – The Guardian

From cancer to rare diseases, Big Pharma puts profit before patients when deciding on new drugs -iNews

Workforce

Nursing faces worst ever staffing crisis amid signs NHS hospitals cutting back on surgery again – iNews

NHS Scotland nurses set to vote on strike action – Holyrood

Inclusivity

‘I just want my two-year-old to run around, but his wait for a new kidney will be longer because he’s Asian’ – iNews

Public health

SNP pushes case for addicts’ safe rooms to ease drug crisis – The Times

Screening drive to spot the risk of malnutrition in older people – The Times

Health and science/technology

New treatment destroys head and neck cancer tumours in trial – The Guardian

International

World leaders urged to consider health benefits of climate action – The Guardian

Rich nations warned hogging Covid jabs will lead to huge global death toll – The Guardian

Delta deaths expose Australia’s great disadvantage divide – The Guardian

Malaria vaccine ‘will change African lives forever’ – BBC News

Opinions and letters

Individuals cannot solve vaccine inequality. If you’re offered a booster, take it – The Guardian

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