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Further applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in the NHS are on the horizon in a bid to free up doctors' time and provide better support to patients.Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, said patients are already benefiting from advancements in technology.In stroke care, AI is already in use in more than four out of five stroke networks, helping clinicians to reduce the time to deliver effective treatment by an hour, tripling the number of stroke patients recovering with no or only slight disability from one in six, to just under half.

Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin will be among the famous faces to appear in a new exhibition to celebrate 75 years of NHS charities.The series is led by renowned artist Rankin and NHS Charities Together, the national charity caring for the NHS.Titled Love and Charity: A History of Giving in the NHS, it will celebrate the vital role charities have played throughout the health service's history.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The adult social care sector is on the precipice when it comes to costs, the largest representative body for independent providers in England has warned.More than two in five (42%) had to close down a part of their organisation or hand back contracts to local authorities due to financial pressures, Care England's annual report found.

Poet and former children's laureate Michael Rosen has marched with striking nurses from the University College Hospital in north-west London to Downing Street out of pure gratitude for them saving his life.Speaking outside Downing Street, the 76-year-old said he was put in an induced coma and stayed in hospital for three months after falling ill with Covid in March 2020.

Cutting-edge research into developing personalised mRNA vaccines for cancer patients will be accelerated following the UK's successful Covid-jab rollout.BioNTech, the German firm that co-produced a Covid vaccine with Pfizer, will partner with the government to deliver 10,000 personalised therapies to patients in the UK by 2030.

Nicola Sturgeon has hailed emergency service workers amid tough times in her Christmas message.Scotland's First Minister offered a heartfelt thanks to workers who will be on duty providing vital services in the health, policing and fire services over the festive period.Delivering her message from her official residence at Bute House in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon wished Scots the best possible Christmas following turbulent periods caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns.

London's mayor has announced an emergency program to provide free meals for all children attending state primary schools in the capital, adding to a string of fresh evidence that Brits are struggling to afford necessities.The cost-of-living crisis means families and children across our city are in desperate need of additional support, Sadiq Khan, who himself received free school meals as a child, said in a statement Monday.

Green rolling hills surround the sleepy Cornish village of Lostwithiel, a quaint town of just 5,000 people in southwest England with two bustling pubs, a small church, and even its own castle.But tranquil Lostwithiel has not been shielded from the myriad crises afflicting Britain's National Health Service.

Ambulance workers take part in a strike for higher pay outside Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool, UK on December 21, 2022.Phil Noble, Reuters UK ambulance workers went on strike Wednesday, widening a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses.

An ambulance is parked outside St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.Some 10000 ambulance staff have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, along with a possible 100,000 nurses going on strike on Dec1.5, leading the Government to set up contingency plans to cope with a wave of walkouts with Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden in charge.

Issued on: 25/11/2022 - 05:10 Nurses monitor patients on a COVID-19 ward at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of COVID-19, January 20, 2021.Toby Melville, Reuters Thousands of British nurses will go on strike on Dec. 15 and 20 for more pay, their union said on Friday, adding to a winter of industrial action and putting further pressure on the state-run health system.

Scotland's First Minister has said the principle of the NHS being free for all is not up for discussion despite NHS leaders discussing the potential creation of a two-tier system that would charge the wealthy.Leaked minutes of a September meeting with high-ranking health officials, seen by BBC Scotland, say they were given the green light by NHS Scotland chief executive Caroline Lamb to discuss reform of a service which finds itself in crisis.

Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland's budget for next year will be a difficult balancing act.Responding to the Chancellor's autumn statement made on Thursday, the First Minister said that  despite repeated requests  there would be no support for the Scottish Government to deal with inflationary pressures in this year's budget.

The UK's nurses want a raise.(Photographer: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe)Already mired in an economic slump, Britain is grappling with a new "winter of discontent" - an outbreak of strikes and stoppages across its public services.Apart from the immediate inconvenience for businesses and households, the unrest will further erode the country's standing in the global economy.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has branded his opposite number's approach to the NHS pay dispute a complete joke.The Labour frontbencher accused ministers of spoiling for a fight and a betrayal of patients by refusing to properly engage with unions.Mr Streeting made the comments during a visit with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where they met with doctors and nurses to hear about the pressures the health service is facing.

The King and his Queen Consort are to hold their first joint public engagements since royal mourning ended by visiting Dunfermline to mark the former town becoming a city.The late Queen during a visit to Dunfermline which she granted city status in the last months of her reign (Andrew Parsons/PA) During his visit to Dunfermline the King will formally mark the conferral of City status and make a short speech in the chamber room.After the ceremony Charles and Camilla will take a short walk to Dunfermline Abbey, to mark its 950th anniversary and be introduced to representatives from Historic Scotland to learn about the heritage of the local area and conservation of the site.