Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban A ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that “critical safeguarding legislation” is passed. The government will table an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill in the House of Lords after the bill was held up by peers on opposition benches. Continue reading...

Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans

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The future of Freedom to Speak Up - what NHS England plans to do next: www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/th...

American boomers were drinking for two-and covering the signs of a generation that quietly stopped drinking. Between 2000 and 2016 binge drinking rose fastest in the over-65s

Drinking for two. The Boomers that have driven American drinking habits for more than a decade. A post for data nerds.

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Starmer agrees ban on phones in schools in law U-turn The government has committed to making device restrictions mandatory by law, but campaigners fear the measures do not go far enough

No one has been able to explain to me or show me actual evidence this will make any diff. Kids already don’t have their phones in lessons. Doesn’t do anything to address unsupervised use the rest of the time plus ‘what’ they’re accessing on a range of devices.

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Major HRT supplier sanctioned after whistleblowers raise concerns over patient safety A group of employees from Theramex, which supplies HRT treatments to millions of patients in the UK, wrote a letter to the pharmaceutical regulator

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Women waiting too long for NHS care because of ‘medical misogyny’, top doctor warns Exclusive: Women’s health conditions not being prioritised by health service, Dr Alison Wright warns as government prepares to launch new strategy to tackle crisis

Women waiting too long for NHS care because of ‘medical misogyny’, top doctor warns. Report by MJA member @rebeccasmt.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

NHS to stop gaslighting women over pain relief, vows Wes Streeting The health secretary pledges to tackle ‘misogynistic practices’ as data shows women in England spend more time in poor health than men

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The chief executive of troubled East Kent Hospitals has been away from her post since November on "unplanned leave." Here's what was really going on.

I know none of us really want to think about Making Tax Digital but that's why we asked an expert to come and give us the lowdown. Don't miss out on your place at this @freelancingfor.bsky.social webinar next week. Recordings will be sent to ticket holders if you can't make the time.

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib has just doubled survival time for pancreatic cancer patients in a Phase 3 trial — a disease so lethal it’s often a death sentence within months. Topline results. 1/

“Protect children through, rather than from, research”: US National Academies urges shift in paediatric studies

A major new US report has called for more children to be included in clinical research. It comes at a particularly sensitive time for children and medicine in America, as Jennifer Lutz reports.

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS

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The power of the markets: the scandal that keeps on taking. Powerful from @KamranAbbasi

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NHS England to offer weight-loss drugs to 1.2m people to reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes People who are not obese but overweight and at risk of serious cardiovascular events eligible for weekly jabs

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Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding Campaigner criticises ‘shortsighted and self-defeating’ decision and says it increases risk to the UK public

Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding, writes @katlay.bsky.social
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NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’

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The NHS is to ration hospital referrals as Labour scrambles to meet its pledge to cut waiting lists.
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There are around 7,000 rare genetic conditions. For the vast majority, there are no treatments. Not because they are untreatable, but because traditional drug development simply isn’t viable - @drrobgalloway.bsky.social writes for the MJA:
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WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East Hostilities should halt and healthcare facilities must be treated as ‘safe havens’, WHO’s regional chief has said * Middle East crisis – live updates A total stop to hostilities in the Middle East is needed to halt a “health crisis unfolding in real time”, the World Health Organization’s chief in the region has said. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities must be treated as “safe havens”, urged Dr Hanan Balkhy, the WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean. Continue reading...

WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East

Meta and YouTube damaged teenage girl’s mental health, court rules

🔺 Breaking: Meta and Google hooked a young girl on their services and are liable for the damage caused to her mental health, a jury in Los Angeles ruled

Streeting says he will soon roll out patient power payments, where patients will decide if the provider should get the full cost of their care based on the quality of care. Starting with women he says this will "kick medical misogyny where it it hurts."

NHS hospital waited two days before raising alarm about meningitis outbreak Experts say the wait was indefensible and possibly delayed identification of the outbreak.

NHS hospital waited two days before raising alarm about meningitis outbreak
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Electronic patient record systems in England: what do NHS staff think? | @healthfoundation.bsky.social
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The Orwell Prize is seeking health and social care submissions. There are three categories: Journalism, Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, and Reporting Homelessness.

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Babies born with rare condition could get transplant grown from pigs in 5 years A Great Ormond Street Hospital study means children born with missing part of oesophagus could have a new food pipe engineered in a lab using tissue from a pig

Babies born with missing oesophagus could get transplant from PIGS in 5 years, by @martinbagot.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

A million teenagers missed meningitis vaccine at schools

A million teenagers missed meningitis vaccine at schools

Why is there a meningitis outbreak? Inside the Kent club where it began

Why is there a meningitis outbreak? Inside the Kent club where it began