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illustrative: An ambulance leaves a hospital in London, March 5, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)
June 4, 2026, 4:36 pm
In antisemitism crackdown, UK will bar NHS workers from wearing political badges
The new rules, based on recommendations by Lord John Mann, come in the wake of ‘shocking’ cases of intimidation and abuse within the health service
By Zev Stub
Britain's Heath Secretary, Wes Streeting waits to speak during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, September 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
October 7, 2025, 12:43 pm
UK minister: Health service ‘failing to protect Jewish patients from racist doctors’
Wes Streeting vows to overhaul medical disciplinary councils amid growing number of cases, including doctor who went unpunished after calling London hospital a ‘Jewish supremacy cesspit’
By ToI Staff
People hold placards and wave flags as they attend a march against antisemitism, in London, December 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
July 15, 2025, 3:22 am
UK Jews’ wellbeing, way of life ‘increasingly challenged, undermined’ by antisemitism – report
British Board of Deputies identifies rising antisemitism in civil society, including national health service, unions, and professional bodies, leaving Jews ‘nowhere they can turn’
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of a cancer patient (KatarzynaBialasiewicz; iStock by Getty Images)
June 17, 2021, 12:02 pm
Israel’s OncoHost, UK’s NHS to study cancer patient responses to immunotherapies
Startup’s blood test aims to predict which cancer patients will react better to treatment; 8 clinical trials will be set up in the UK
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A row of ambulances parked outside the Royal London Hospital in London, December 29, 2020. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
January 2, 2021, 3:23 am
‘Eye of the storm’: UK in crisis as cases surge, likely due to new virus variant
British health authorities scramble amid wave of cases that is expected to spike even higher following Christmas, New Year’s gatherings
By Pan Pylas
A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, UK, December 8, 2020. (Frank Augstein/AP)
December 9, 2020, 3:36 pm
UK probes possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shot after 2 adverse responses
Medical official warns those with significant history of allergic reactions not to get Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after first day of inoculation drive
By AP and ToI Staff
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, England, October 15, 2020. (Ben Stansall/ Pool via AP)
December 6, 2020, 11:37 pm
With world watching, Britain gets ready for mass coronavirus vaccinations
Buckingham Palace declines to comment on media reports that Queen Elizabeth II will set example for the nation by being among first to get the jab
By Pan Pylas
Illustrative. Surgeons operating. (Ridofranz, iStock by Getty Images)
August 25, 2020, 12:26 pm
UK’s Barts Health to use Israeli tech to flag patients at risk for colon cancer
One of the largest National Health Service providers in Britain turns to Medial EarlySign software studies routine clinical data to predict and prioritize individuals at high risk
By Shoshanna Solomon
Ibex Medical Analytics is an Israeli maker of AI-based cancer diagnostics software. (Courtesy)
July 1, 2020, 11:40 am
Israeli AI-based tech to help UK pathologists better detect prostate cancer
Tel Aviv-based Ibex Medical Analytics will work with UK pathology firm LDPath to roll out software for England’s National Health Service in bid to weed out misdiagnoses
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A child wearing a mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus is pushed in a swing by a woman in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 23, 2020.(AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
April 27, 2020, 8:54 pm
UK health service warns of deadly coronavirus-linked illness affecting children
Cases have symptoms of toxic shock syndrome; Paediatric Intensive Care Society clarifies that chances of kids getting seriously ill from COVID-19 are still very low
By ToI Staff
Terry Brazier (Screen capture YouTube)
August 7, 2019, 2:16 am
Hospital compensates UK man after accidental circumcision
70-year-old Terry Brazier says he was too busy talking with the nurse to realize mistake: ‘It was a real surprise’
By ToI Staff
Police officers and members of the emergency services attend to a person injured in a terror attack on London Bridge in central London, June 3, 2017. (AFP/Daniel Sorabji)
June 4, 2017, 6:56 pm
21 still in critical condition after London attack
Theresa May pays visit to the wounded, as police continue investigation into latest act of terror in Britain
By AP
President Shimon Peres (right), watches as a medical worker administers a dose of polio vaccine to a young boy at a clinic in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, August 21, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
September 23, 2013, 2:09 pm
UK issues polio-related travel warning to Israel
Tourists urged to check their vaccinations against virus that has been detected throughout the country
By Naama Barak
Illustrative photo of a hospital (photo credit: Meir Partush/Flash90)
June 24, 2012, 12:33 pm
State dragged its feet on updating healthcare costs, High Court rules
Judges give government six months to correct mistakes in Health Expense Index
By Ron Friedman
May 1, 2012, 10:43 am
British union boots Israeli lecturer
National Health Service workshop on negotiation, conflict resolution and crisis intervention canceled in support of the Palestinian people
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