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Today’s top health news (Thursday)

The UK’s top health news on Thursday 28 October 2021

Today’s top health news (Thursday)

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College in the News
 
A message from Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen – GMC
 
Latest health news
 
Budget 2021: NHS’s £6bn may not help waiting times, say experts – The Times
 
Budget 2021: NHS funding announcement ‘nothing more than a sticking plaster on a gaping wound’, doctor warns – iNews
 
Budget 2021: ‘Little chance’ of building 40 new hospitals without extra money or staff, NHS leaders say – iNews
 
Daily Insight: Ambulance pressures move to the next level – Health Service Journal

Eliminate ambulance queues, hospitals told after deaths linked to handover delays – The Telegraph
 
Patient harm ‘almost certain’ due to ambulance handover delays – BBC News
 
Professor Jason Leitch does not think there will be a ‘Christmas cancelled’ Covid lockdown this year – Herald Scotland
 
Covid Scotland: Up to three quarters of people unvaccinated in some neighbourhoods, figures suggest – The Scotsman

Northern Ireland Office may directly instruct trusts to offer abortion services – The Guardian
 
Third of new students in England show signs of depression, survey suggests – The Guardian
 
Hospitals told to stop ‘catastrophic’ ambulance delays as patients die in queues – The Independent
 
Workforce
 
NHS staff morale plummets as medics brace themselves for ‘worst winter ever’ – iNews

 
Health and politics
 
Analysis: With hands tied behind its back Sunak tells NHS to deliver – The Independent
 
International
 
Covid vaccine: US children as young as five set to be vaccinated as Pfizer jab is recommended by FDA – iNews
 
Other health news
 
The plan that shook general practice – Pulse Today
 
‘I’m scared I’ve left it too late to have kids’: the men haunted by their biological clocks – The Guardian
 
If you’re struggling to see your GP, it doesn’t mean they are “hiding” from you – New Statesman
 
The untold story of the contraceptive pill – WIRED UK
 
Opinions and letters
 
Money alone will not fix the NHS – Jeremy Hunt – New Statesman
 
Covid measures give us choice. They are not restrictions on British life – The Guardian
 

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