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And here’s today’s news from National Health Executive on Thursday the 18th July 2024
Yesterday, the King formally opened parliament, using his speech to confirm some of the bills that the government will be introducing in the near future.
One of the main announcements that was confirmed by the King during his speech was that the government will reform the Mental Health Act 1983, which has been highly criticised thanks to its treatment of people with learning disabilities and autism. This reform also comes after the Labour Party’s election manifesto spoke about how the current act is discriminatory of some ethnic minorities, with them being more likely to be detained.
Also announced during the King’s Speech was the legislation to make changes to conversion practices, as well as plans to keep the previous government’s goal of creating a ‘smoke free generation’.
Up to 400,000 more women each year could be screened for cervical cancer in the UK, after a successful trial of self-sampling kits.
A trial by YouScreen provided self-sampling kits to test for human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to pre-cancerous cells, to more than 27,000 women who were at least six months overdue for their cervical screening.
It marks the first time that self-sampling has been offered within the NHS cervical screening programme and is the largest trial of self-sampling for cervical cancer in the UK to date. The kits can be used either in GP practices or in people’s own homes.
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