Child vaccination uptake is falling once again
The current wave of measles cases can be traced back to the cost-of-living crisis and cuts in NHS health visitor numbers.
ByThe current wave of measles cases can be traced back to the cost-of-living crisis and cuts in NHS health visitor numbers.
By Phil WhitakerGP practices have been able to hire physician associates, and what they are allowed to do has gone under…
By Phil WhitakerThe popularity of wearables is muddying health data and fuelling an epidemic of scans and anxiety.
By Phil WhitakerWith the emergence of a highly mutated Omicron variant, policies for controlling the virus deserve our renewed attention.
By Phil WhitakerThe health service was opposed by doctors from the start, and has suffered decades of ministerial harm. Can Labour…
By Phil WhitakerHow Big Pharma and the charity health sector are making us a nation of the worried well.
By Phil WhitakerThe New Statesman’s medical editor on how years of austerity have left the NHS in crisis.
The New Statesman’s medical editor spent New Year’s Day in A&E after his mother collapsed. It revealed the human…
By Phil Whitaker and Tom GattiOur medical editor spent New Year’s Day in A&E after his mother collapsed in church. In this personal essay…
By Phil Whitaker