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• Patient saw eight GPs before cancer spotted
  Safety watchdog highlights case as it warns a lack of continuity of care in England puts people at risk.
• PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says
  The largest ever real-world study found PrEP to work extremely well as a preventative treatment.
• The Covid kids starting school unable to speak
  Children with speech problems could not access therapy during Covid - but now some are getting expert help.
• HIV blood tests to be rolled out to more hospitals
  The opt-out tests help with earlier diagnoses and treatment, the health secretary says.
• Covid inquiry: Michael Gove defends Boris Johnson over lockdown decision-making
  But the minister apologises for the government's "errors" during the pandemic at the Covid inquiry.