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Today’s top health news (Thursday)

The UK’s top health news on Thursday 11 November 2021

Today’s top health news (Thursday)

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College welcomes net zero health commitments  

NHS Scotland adds simulation to programme for trainee surgeons – Holyrood  

Latest health news  

Life expectancy in Britain drops to lowest in a decade due to pandemic – The Independent  

NHS is at breaking point and putting patients at high risk, bosses warn – The Guardian  

Calls for inquiry into Scotland’s 999 crisis after man dies waiting five hours for an ambulance – iNews   

Scottish Ambulance Service ‘accelerating’ recruitment amid current pressures on the NHS – The Scotsman   

Third patient dies after ambulance delays – Yahoo News   

Lives at risk from ‘unacceptable’ ambulance waits – BBC News   

People testing negative for Covid-19 despite exposure may have ‘immune memory’ – The Guardian  

Covid-resistant people inspire new vaccine tactic – BBC News  

Workforce  

Abuse of primary care staff ‘directly affecting patient care and safety’, LMCs will argue – GPonline
Public health  

Nightmare homes: Poor housing costs the NHS £1.4 billion a year, report reveals – ITV News
Health and politics  

COP26 and the NHS: Sajid Javid’s open letter to all NHS trusts in England – GOV.UK
Health and science/technology  

Leukaemia treatment: ‘Magic bullet’ discovered in fight against blood cancer – iNews  

Human trials of vaccine for multiple species of Ebola to begin soon – The Guardian  

Whole genome sequencing could save NHS millions of pounds, study suggests – The Guardian  

Hundreds of patients in gene study given rare disease diagnosis – BBC News
Opinions and letters  

If NHS England was serious about patient access… – Pulse Today  

Mandatory Covid jabs shouldn’t be controversial – NHS staff have a duty to do no harm – The Guardian

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