AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoPatient Voice: Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has dropped plans to abolish Healthwatch England and local branches, keeping the NHS patient champions after cross-party opposition. NHS Pressures: Senior doctors in England plan a two-day strike in November over pay; meanwhile, NHS prescription charges are set to be frozen for 2027. Winter Prevention: Unpaid carers who are the main carer for an older or disabled person can get a free flu jab, but only 31.3% of eligible working-age carers outside clinical risk groups had one last season. Health Inequalities: Scotland’s alcohol-specific deaths fell slightly in 2025, but the death rate in the most deprived areas was nearly five times that in the least deprived. A new UK study also warns that breast cancer care falls short for Black patients and people with learning disabilities. Screening and Research: Wales plans to screen newborns for more rare conditions, while a UK study points to ways to improve bowel cancer detection in people with inflammatory bowel disease.
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