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• NHS Scotland spends £30 million on locum

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  A freedom of information request has shown that the NHS in Scotland spent nearly £30 million on locum psychiatrists in a year

• Health secretary to close hormone loopholes

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  Health Secretary has pledged to close any loopholes which could see online providers prescribe hormones to gender-questioning children

• U-turn on mental health support

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  NHS England has U-turned on funding cuts in mental health support

• Unpaid carers in Northern Ireland left behind

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  Unpaid carers in Northern Ireland are being left behind as a new employment law comes into force in the rest of the UK.

• Key service under council control in Bath

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  Key services providing support to people with social care needs and learning disabilities have been brought under the direct council control.

• Children let down by a lack of research and "remarkably weak" evidence

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  Landmark reviews says children have been let down by a lack of research and "remarkably weak" evidence on medical interventions in gender care

• Nursing home placed into special measures

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  The Care Quality Commission places nursing home into special measures after inspectors were called in to investigate claims residents' safety, care and dignity were being compromised

• Tobacco style warnings for sunbeds

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  Skin Cancer UK is calling on the Government to make tobacco style warning signs mandatory in tanning salons

• Rebrand for Welsh Ambulance Service

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  The Welsh Ambulance Service has rebranded after being awarded University Trust status

• Usdaw welcomes new rights for carers

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  Retail union Usdaw has welcomed a new law that gives people with caring responsibilities a right to unpaid leave

• Unpaid carers being forced to repay huge sums

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  It’s claimed tens of thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to repay huge sums and threatened with criminal prosecution

• Hepatitis C rapid testing technology

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  Thousands of people unknowingly living with hepatitis C are to be identified, diagnosed and cured

• Sexual harassment in the NHS

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  New research suggests there are widespread incidents of sexual harassment in the NHS

• Good news for those with type 1 diabetes

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  Tens of thousands of adults and children living with the disease across England could receive an artificial pancreas

• MMR catch-up campaign update

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  MMR catch-up campaign has brought about tens of thousands of jabs delivered in the first three months of the year.

• UK trial for cutting duration of MRI scans

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  Cutting the duration of MRI scans for suspected prostate cancer patients by a third would make the scans cheaper and more accessible.

• Social care charity increases wages by 10%

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  A social care charity based in North West England is raising wages for its 1,800 social care workers by 10%

• Two new trials for dementia diagnosis

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  Two UK research teams are launching major clinical trials to identify a blood test for diagnosing dementia.