Is Britain heading for a Christmas “lockdown by stealth”?
Hospitality businesses report that cancellations are rocketing as people try to avoid the virus.
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Exclusive: NHS faces third wave of Omicron mid-January in London – at half the second wave’s impact
NHS executives have been briefed that the maximum number of Covid surge beds in London hospitals will be full by…
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Is the Conservative government privatising the NHS by stealth?
As the waiting list grows ever longer, more and more patients are paying for their treatment themselves.
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Doctors were calling for winter “Plan C” to control Covid-19 in September, before Omicron
Medics warned three months ago that social distancing, requirements to meet outdoors and preparation for “further firebreak lockdowns” should be…
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Knowing patients well can be life-saving. But family GPs like me fear our days are numbered
Continuity of care has been eroded in favour of "taxi-rank" medicine, where few people know their GP. Can that connection…
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How the battle against Covid became a forever war
Many predicted the virus would become a mild illness akin to a common cold. But as the Omicron variant spreads,…
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The government is tripping if it thinks this renewed war on drugs won’t backfire
Half a century of research and evidence shows crackdowns will only hurt the marginalised and cause more misery.
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How to mentally prepare for the prospect of another lockdown
Lessons in resilience from a professor of clinical psychology.
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