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People in their 50s urged to take bowel screening test

By Lee Peart 13 July 2026

Just over half of 54 year olds (56.2%) took part in bowel screening between April 2024 and March 2025 compared with seven in ten 74 year olds (73.5%), NHS England has revealed.

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High street pharmacies to offer young people meningitis jab

By Lee Peart 13 July 2026

High street pharmacies will offer the MenB vaccine from Monday 20 July ahead of the autumn term.

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Progress on lifting 550,000 children out of poverty to be tracked

By Lee Peart 10 July 2026

Progress on the goal of lifting 550,000 children out of poverty is to be tracked by the Government.

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Crackdown on vapes targeting children announced

By Lee Peart 10 July 2026

Proposals to crack on vapes targeting children have been announced by the Government.

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Getting ahead of demand

09 July 2026

Helen Macdonald, senior clinical advisor for the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) says the NHS must face the reality of soaring demand

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Disability benefit 'not fit for purpose', review finds

By Lee Peart 09 July 2026

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is no longer fit for purpose and is failing to keep pace with how disability, health and work have changed over the past decade, a review has found.

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Parents urged to book new 'four in one' measles jab

By Lee Peart 07 July 2026

Around a million parents are being urged to book a new ‘four-in-one’ NHS jab to protect against measles.

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Al platform scans GP records to detect cancer risk

By Lee Peart 02 July 2026

An AI platform that scans GP records to spot patients who meet specific clinical risk factors for oesophageal cancer is being expanded in Somerset.

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Education secretary writes to councils over 'Phantom NEETs'

By William Eichler 02 July 2026

Councils across England are being put on notice by education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is writing to every local authority setting out expectations for tracking vulnerable teenagers more cl...

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