Summarize this content to 1000 words 12 hours agoBy Michelle Roberts, Digital health editor, BBC NewsReutersMr Streeting was speaking at the Tony Blair Institute Future of Britain conferenceFace-to-face talks between the new health secretary and junior doctors unhappy over pay have begun. Wes Streeting says the government cannot afford or commit to the 35% rise the doctors want but hopes to end the dispute. But there is renewed optimism an agreement might
Summarize this content to 1000 words There is shocking bullying, racism and incompetence in the organisation responsible for ensuring NHS nurses and midwives in the UK are safe to have around patients, a damning report says.The independent review warns of a dangerously toxic culture within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which oversees and regulates hundreds of thousands of nurses and midwives. Good nurses find themselves investigated for years over
Summarize this content to 1000 words 3 days agoBy Kathryn Stanczyszyn, BBC Radio WM, Presenter • Oprah Flash, BBC News, West MidlandsEmily-Jane ScandrettEmily-Jane Scandrett suffered an intolerable pain in her chest for months before she received her diagnosisA mum with a rare cancer caused by exposure to asbestos hopes to raise awareness after it went undetected for more than a year.Emily-Jane Scandrett has pleural mesothelioma, which is most often found in men over 75.Despite undergoing
Summarize this content to 1000 words 2 hours agoBy by Guy Lynn and Stephen Menon, guy_lynn, BBC Investigations, LondonBlavatnik School of GovernmentCiaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre said hack was "one of the most serious cyber incidents in British history"A leading cybersecurity expert has warned that the NHS remains vulnerable to further cyber-attacks unless it updates its computer systems. This stark assessment comes in the wake of a major
Summarize this content to 1000 words 1 hour agoBy Maria Zaccaro, BBC NewsPAThe new Health Secretary Wes Streeting has branded the NHS "broken" in his first day in the job, as he says negotiations with junior doctors will begin next week.The Ilford North MP warned the health service is "going through the biggest crisis in its history", and it cannot be fixed overnight. Mr Streeting said he spoke with the British Medical
Summarize this content to 1000 words 2 days agoBy Rumeana Jahangir, Michaela Howard & Judith Moritz, BBC NewsCheshire PoliceLucy Letby had already been convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six othersFormer nurse Lucy Letby has been sentenced to another whole life term for trying to kill a premature baby girl.The 34-year-old is already in jail for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at
Summarize this content to 1000 words In September 2023, Simon Boas was diagnosed with throat cancer. Aged just 46, he was told the disease was terminal, and that it would ultimately take his life. Over the following year, he knitted together his reflections on life into a book - A Beginner's Guide to Dying. The book is set to hit the shelves in October. It will be a posthumous publication.In
Summarize this content to 1000 words 1 hour agoBy Judith Moritz and Jonathan Coffey, BBC NewsBBCWhen former nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering babies last year, news channels rolled on the story, and her mugshot was splashed across front pages and websites around the world. The scale of Letby’s crimes, the extreme vulnerability of her victims, and unanswered questions about the nurse all combined to stoke interest in the case.But this
Summarize this content to 1000 words 44 minutes agoBy Beth Rose and Kate Lamble, Access All and More or LessGetty ImagesThere are 16 million disabled people in the UK – almost a quarter of the population – but many say they have felt “invisible” during this election campaign.The BBC podcast, Access All, asked the main parties about their policies on disability, social care and mental health, and Radio 4’s More or Less
Summarize this content to 1000 words The boss of the world's most valuable pharmaceutical company has told the BBC that the UK's planning system puts companies off investing in the country.Dave Ricks, chief executive of the obesity drug manufacturer Eli Lilly, said he had considered building a factory in the UK in the last decade, but chose another country instead.He warned current planning processes were an "impediment" to building factories
