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Available reporting does not provide a single, clear national figure for “how many people in hospital with the flu had the flu vaccine” in the UK; instead, early UKHSA and media analyses report vaccin...
Five‑year survival for bowel cancer in the UK is commonly reported around 60% for cases diagnosed in the 2010–2014 and similar recent periods; Cancer Research UK data show five‑year survival varying b...
Current UK-wide five‑year survival for bowel (colorectal) cancer is reported at about 60% (five‑year survival reached 60% for diagnoses in 2010–2014) and almost 60% are predicted to survive ten years ...
Available sources do not give a single national percentage for "what percentage of hospitalized flu patients in the UK were vaccinated in the 2024–2025 season"; detailed vaccine‑status breakdowns for ...
The MHRA’s April 30, 2025 announcement authorised a subcutaneous (under‑the‑skin) formulation of nivolumab for use across a broad range of solid‑tumour indications and stated the approval covers 15 ca...
Public-health monitoring and an early UKHSA preprint show the 2025/26 flu vaccine is reducing hospital attendances: vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates reported are 70–75% in children (2–17 years) an...
Available sources provided in the search set do not supply a single, clear figure for the overall UK flu vaccination uptake rate for 2024–2025; reporting instead focuses on vaccine effectiveness, hosp...
NHS England’s late‑September 2025 Genomics Education Programme blog that noted “benefits” of first‑cousin marriage drew strong public and political criticism and was withdrawn within days; critics cit...
Public reporting about the UK Spending Review and related budgets shows the NHS was allocated a large multi‑year uplift — often expressed as a £29–30 billion increase to annual resource budgets over t...
Major medical organizations across the United States and internationally have issued statements recognizing transgender identities and endorsing evidence‑based, gender‑affirming care as medically nece...
The materials provided contain no data on how over the past decade; all three supplied analyses explicitly state the sources are irrelevant to the question . To answer the original question reliably r...
ENT specialists today recommend referral pathways for persistent tinnitus that begin in primary care and channel patients through audiology, ENT or specialist multidisciplinary services depending on r...
Since 2010 NHS employers have used existing disciplinary frameworks and local private-practice rules to sanction consultants who place fee‑paying work ahead of NHS duties, ranging in policy to warning...
The official NHS England release "Cancer survival in England, cancers diagnosed 2016 to 2020, followed up to 2021" publishes stage‑specific 1‑ and 5‑year net survival estimates for bowel (colon/rectum...
The NHS has begun rolling out an under‑the‑skin injectable form of the immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) that regulators have approved as an alternative to the intravenous infusion, and NHS Englan...
Since 2023 there have been two main sets of applied pay decisions for junior doctors: the 2023 pay-review implementation accepted by government which delivered a consolidated 6% uplift plus a £1,250 p...
Britain faces a week dominated by security warnings, economic weakness and pressure on public services: MI6’s new chief will tell the country “the front line is everywhere” as threats from Russia, tec...
For official UK data on the flu vaccination status of hospitalised patients you should start with the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) National flu and COVID‑19 surveillance reports, which publish ...
Available sources do not report a regional breakdown of “rates of vaccinated people among flu hospital admissions” for this season; reporting instead gives national vaccine effectiveness estimates (ch...
NHS England removed a Genomics Education Programme blog that suggested first‑cousin marriage could have “benefits” such as extended family support and economic advantages after an intense public and p...