Our A&E crisis is killing hundreds a week – and government spin can’t hide it
A new programme to increase competition between hospitals is pure The Thick of It politics.
ByA new programme to increase competition between hospitals is pure The Thick of It politics.
By Phil WhitakerA case involving gastric-sleeve surgery in Turkey revealed the UK’s failures in tackling obesity.
By Phil WhitakerNice needs to lead the debate about treatments that may be too low-value to justify using NHS resources.
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.