Explaining the health and care system

Explaining the health and care system How does the health and care system work? It is a question that is simple to ask but notoriously difficult to answer. The King's Fund

Broken ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace

Broken ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace Women of colour across the UK already know that experiencing racism at work is the norm. That’s why the Fawcett Society has partnered with the Runnymede Trust to produce their ground-breaking research, Broken Ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace.

Broken Ladders centres the voices and experiences of thousands of women of colour at work and explores the different experiences of women from different ethnic minority groups and religions.

The report shows that every stage of the career journey, from entering work to senior leadership, women of colour are being locked out of reaching their true potential.

Findings of the Second Permanent Secretary's Investigation into alleged gatherings on government premises during Covid restrictions

Findings of the Second Permanent Secretary's Investigation into alleged gatherings on government premises during Covid restrictions Final report on investigation into alleged gatherings during Covid restrictions (Sue Gray). Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

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• PM press conference opening remarks: 25 May 2022 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• PM statement to the House of Commons: 25 May 2022 Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Sue Gray report: Drunken No 10 party culture in lockdown laid bare BBC News
• Sue Gray report: 'I wish I'd taken a fine to be with my dying husband' BBC News
• Conservative MP suggests NHS staff 'let their hair down' BBC News
• Time to move on, pleads Boris: 'Sorry' PM issues a half-hearted Partygate apology after release of Sue Gray's account The Daily Mail
• Civil servants caught with their 'proverbial pants down' in Sue Gray partygate report The Daily Telegraph
• Sue Gray report: full breakdown of findings about No 10 parties The Guardian
• Partygate: cabinet minister says there was ‘blurring of boundary’ at No 10 The Guardian
• Nurse fined £10k over NHS pay protest in lockdown wins compensation The Guardian
• Safety regulator refused to investigate some NHS staff Covid deaths The Guardian
• Covid Bereaved Families Hit Out At Findings In Sue Gray Report Huffington Post UK
• Sue Gray’s report: What she said – and what she really meant The Independent
• ‘Absolutely certain’ Boris Johnson will quit if committee finds he misled parliament, says standards chief The Independent
• Partygate: Boris Johnson insists UK needs to move on from Downing Street lockdown events after damning Sue Gray report Sky News

Monkeypox: How UK hospitals are tackling the outbreak

Monkeypox: How UK hospitals are tackling the outbreak The majority of people in the UK who are unlucky enough to catch monkeypox will have a very mild form of the disease and recover quickly at home. A small number, though, may need specialist medical treatment.

That's where a group of NHS hospitals - called the High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) network - steps in. BBC News

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• Monkeypox: public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men World Health Organization 
• Monkeypox: First case confirmed in Wales BBC News
• England records SEVEN more cases of monkeypox bringing the UK total to 78 The Daily Mail
• Monkeypox may have been circulating in UK for years, scientists say The Guardian
• Monkeypox: Charities warn against stigmatisation of gay and bisexual groups amid outbreak The Independent

The NHS' 'first climate friendly' operation

The NHS' 'first climate friendly' operation The NHS is a massive organisation and everything it does has an impact on our climate.

In fact, the activities of the NHS contributes to 6% of the UK's total carbon footprint. But climate change also directly costs it money, so reducing emissions isn't just green, it will also put more cash back into healthcare. BBC News

NHS lacks enough staff and equipment to give adequate cancer care, says survey

NHS lacks enough staff and equipment to give adequate cancer care, says survey The NHS has too few staff and not enough equipment to give people the cancer care they deserve, a poll has found.

The YouGov survey of almost 2,500 adults for Cancer Research UK found 75% of people agreed with the statement: “I don’t think the health service has enough staff or equipment to see, test and treat all the people with cancer who need to be seen, tested and treated.”

Of those who have had cancer, 76% agreed. The Independent

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• NHS ‘understaffed and underequipped’ to tackle cancer, say 3 in 4 people Cancer Research UK

NHS performs world’s first double hand transplant for scleroderma

NHS performs world’s first double hand transplant for scleroderma A roof tiler whose hands were left unusable by an autoimmune disease has told of his joy after NHS surgeons successfully performed the world’s first double hand transplant for the condition. The Guardian

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• 'A double hand transplant? That's space-age stuff'' BBC News

Scientists discover why people with autism may literally see the world differently

Scientists discover why people with autism may literally see the world differently Autism may be driven by unusually wired visual circuits in the brain which make babies literally see the world differently, scientists believe.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) scanned the brains of six-month-olds who were at high risk of developing autism because their siblings had already been diagnosed with the condition. The Daily Telegraph

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• Infant Visual Brain Development and Inherited Genetic Liability in Autism (open access) American Journal of Psychiatry