Sir Keir Starmer and his health secretary Wes Streeting have spoken to healthcare staff at Epsom Hospital in Surrey ahead of the prime minister's speech on NHS reform. Starmer has set out plans to cut waiting lists by embracing artificial intelligence, upgrading the NHS app and making diagnostic centres more accessible for patients. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The shadow health secretary has urged Wes Streeting to speed up the process for social care reforms. Mr Streeting came under fire when he revealed the final report from the social care review would not take place until 2028. "I would encourage the Secretary of State Wes Streeting to be more ambitious, braver and to speed up that process and get those cross-party discussions going as swiftly as possible," Mr Argar said. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The health secretary has visited a care home in Cumbria following his announcement on social care reforms. Wes Streeting met with care workers following his announcement that the independent commission, chaired by Baroness Louise Carey, is set to begin work in April. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced £100 million of capital investment for hospices.
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Ed Miliband said he does not regret blocking UK intervention in Syria when he was Labour leader after Wes Streeting suggested the UK’s “hesitation” allowed the Assad regime to last for longer. The two senior Cabinet ministers have expressed differing views on the Commons vote on the principle of UK military action in Syria in 2013. The Energy Secretary, who instructed his party to vote against it when he was opposition leader, said he stood by the decision with hindsight. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The government aims to implement barrier-free tolling on four-lane national highways and high-speed corridors within the next five years to ensure seamless.. IndiaTimes
A £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use for some NHS patients, offering some with an inherited blood disorder hope of a cure. Professor of paediatric sickle cell disease David Rees welcomed the decision, calling it a "momentous day". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. Sky News
The shadow paymaster general has voiced his concerns about Labour's education policy ahead of the government's launch of a major consultation and review of education regulator, Ofsted, including plans to use colour-coding to grade schools. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week confirmed government support for dozens of big projects to boost growth, on top of Labour's existing promise to build 1.5.. Sky News
Kemi Badenoch accused the Labour government's new policies of "killing farming in our country." The Conservative party leader said the family farms tax, business tax and rise in national insurance are "adding more burdens to farmers". Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A student at All Saints Catholic High School who witnessed the fatal knife attack which left 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose dead has described her shock and fear following the incident. Her mother described the wait to see her daughter immediately after the attack as the "worst two and a half hours of my life" and said she couldn't imagine what Harvey's parents feel. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shots of people laying flowers outside All Saints Catholic High School in Granville Road in Sheffield, where a 15-year-old boy, named locally as Harvey Willgoose, was fatally stabbed.
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Senior Tory MP Sir David Davis has said that "new medical evidence" analysed by a medical expert panel could provide a "completely alternative explanation" for the death of seven babies. This comes as retired medic Dr Shoo Lee, who co-authored a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in babies – which featured prominently in Lucy Letby’s 10-month trial, chaired a panel of 14 experts who compiled an “impartial evidence-based report”, which casts doubt on some of the medical evidence used in the trial.
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Dr Shoo Lee, neonatal expert, and Mark McDonald, barrister, speaking at a presser presenting new evidence from neonatal experts which has casted doubt on some of Lucy Letby's convictions for murder and attempted murder. Dr Lee has said there was no medical evidence of murder and that the medical evidence used to convict her was wrong. Mr McDonald followed this up saying that if the evidence used to convict Letby was indeed incorrect, her conviction is "unsafe" and "no crime was committed".
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Retired medic Dr Shoo Lee, who co-authored a 1989 academic paper on air embolism in babies – which featured prominently in Lucy Letby’s 10-month trial, chaired a panel of 14 experts who compiled an “impartial evidence-based report”, which casts doubt on some of the medical evidence used in the trial. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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