In this Trending News EU episode, Mindy, Ollie, and Peter Stevens discuss a few recent EU-based newsworthy items including: the new NHS plan announced by the Health Secretary (1:10), the success of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug (5:05), and the impact of air pollution on healthcare systems (8:10). 

Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, public health, NHS, climate change, health equity  

Source Links:  

• https://inews.co.uk/news/therese-coffey-unveils-nhs-plan-7000-extra-hospital-beds-500m-social-care-fund-and-new-staffing-plan-1871772 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/11/nhs-is-over-the-precipice-warns-nurses-leader-as-strike-vote-looms   
• https://www.healtheuropa.com/new-health-social-care-plan-set-by-nhs/118193/   
• https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/11/nhs-is-over-the-precipice-warns-nurses-leader-as-strike-vote-looms   
• https://news.sky.com/story/cost-of-living-crisis-nurses-leaving-for-better-paid-jobs-in-shops-because-they-cant-afford-to-work-for-nhs-12707742#:~:text=NHS%20staff%20are%20leaving%20for,staff%20leaving%20for%20other%20sectors  
• https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/06/nurses-across-uk-to-vote-in-first-ever-rcn-strike-ballot-over-pay    
• https://news.sky.com/story/historic-moment-in-alzheimers-treatment-as-trial-drug-found-to-slow-cognitive-decline-12706978   
• https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eisai-says-alzheimers-drug-succeeds-slowing-cognitive-decline-2022-09-27/   
• https://pharmaphorum.com/news/getting-approval-will-only-be-the-first-challenge-facing-lecanemab/   
•  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63012180   
• https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_2  

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