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The scandal of black maternity deaths has to end
Black women in the UK are four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than white women.
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The list of ministerial interests is a cosy affair
The register shows Rishi Sunak is not the only one with family ties to companies close to government.
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The Policy Ask with Kamila Hawthorne: “GPs should be caring for patients, not ticking boxes”
The chair of the Royal College of GPs on the importance of family doctors and the urgent need to tackle…
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The government has broken its promises on social care
Slashing the £500m workforce fund in half will only cause greater suffering and economic turmoil.
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Is the BMA silencing striking junior doctors?
Medics on picket lines are declining interviews and telling journalists that only union reps can speak.
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The Scottish NHS deserves far better than Humza Yousaf’s tired plans
The First Minister’s early moves suggest a preference for political fudge and risk avoidance.
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I’m an emergency medical dispatcher – I make life-or-death decisions daily
Working from the ambulance control room, I know that the resources just aren’t there to save everyone.
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Prescription charges are making people sicker, research shows
Nearly a third of people who skipped medication because of NHS costs over the past year now have additional health…
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Lucy Easthope: “We are all disaster survivors now”
The leading expert on emergency planning and disaster recovery speaks about life after the pandemic.
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Now that I have cancer, how should I live?
Once a death sentence, my diagnosis has proved a weird limbo of scattered treatment and blurred identities.
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We risk losing “a generation of dentists”, says trade union chair
The British Dental Association told MPs that chronic sectoral neglect has led to severe workforce shortages in dentistry.
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How do we restore trust in the public sector?
Speaking at the New Statesman Future Generations conference, panellists discussed how to prevent young people from losing faith in crucial…
Why do the Conservatives keep stealing Labour’s fiscal policies?
After Jeremy Hunt’s Budget was littered with Labour’s ideas, Keir Starmer needs to be more radical to stand out.
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NHS leaders are concerned over lack of new funds in the Budget
It is thought unlikely the Chancellor will pledge more funding, and that will lead to parts of the health service…
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Steve Barclay brought a private healthcare lobbyist into government
Lionel Zetter continued to hold two roles in the private sector while working for Barclay in the Cabinet Office and…
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The other side of the gas and air maternity scandal
Amid the righteous distress of pregnant women, we mustn’t forget that midwives are women too.
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Labour ignores young women’s health at its peril
A new breakthrough in treatment for endometriosis provides a welcome opportunity for the opposition – if it recognises it.
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Allelujah is Alan Bennett’s ode to the NHS
His 2018 play, set in a Yorkshire geriatric ward, is now a starry movie – with a pandemic-focused final act.
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Wes Streeting: “NHS privatisation could not be further from my aims”
The shadow health secretary on the Labour left, trans rights and the case against outsourcing health services.
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