Wendy Mitchell’s Q&A: “It wasn’t until I had dementia that books became a joy”
The campaigner on living with her diagnosis, Barack Obama and her love of Gogglebox.
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The family doctor knows best
A sweeping history of the NHS and one GP’s inside account of a long career on the front line.
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The sick society
How Big Pharma and the charity health sector are making us a nation of the worried well.
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More medical school places will not automatically mean more junior doctors
A lack of postgraduate training is creating a specialist workforce shortage.
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How can innovation improve NHS capacity?
Could investing in new technologies optimise patient outcomes and address current workforce challenges?
Letter of the week: The health challenge
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The Policy Ask with Charmaine Griffiths: “Governments place too much responsibility on individuals to live healthily”
The chief executive of the British Heart Foundation on reducing obesity and why we need an NHS workforce plan.
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Keir Starmer knows his NHS plan will make life harder for a Labour government
The condition of the NHS is not like other political issues, so any politician who promises health reforms had better…
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Labour wants to make health great again
But can Starmer convince the public that he can build “an NHS fit for the future”?
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Here’s how Keir Starmer can really end the NHS crisis
Labour’s plans for the health service require adequate funding, time and engagement from the public.
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NHS gridlock: facing the crisis in emergency care
Last year 1.65 million people waited more than 12 hours in A&E.
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The real problem with how we deal with ADHD
My brain is weird and maddening, but I think I’m finally getting the hang of it. It should be society’s…
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Placing more trust in pharmacists will ease pressure on GPs
Utilising pharmacy’s expertise will be vital in providing better patient care and reducing the backlog.
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There are concerns around ADHD overdiagnosis. But what about misdiagnosis?
A BBC Panorama documentary raises urgent questions, such as how many people are being told they have ADHD when they…
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Scotland won’t change until its government does
It is difficult to see the point of this frightened and confused SNP administration – even on its own terms.
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Sick Britain: where have all the workers gone?
An unwell, understaffed country has emerged from the era of Covid-19.
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Without a GP workforce plan, the NHS will fail
Despite the promises in the primary care recovery plan, the only solution to the NHS crisis is to train and…
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I’m a critical care nurse – here’s why I am on the verge of quitting
A member of the Royal College of Nursing explains why everyone should have to work a shift in an NHS…
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Why Labour is winning back Leave voters
The local elections vindicated the party’s strategy of minimising Brexit and focusing on the cost of living.
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Why are women still paying for HRT?
The government has made hormone replacement therapy cheaper, but any cost exacerbates the gender health gap.
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