The NHS taboo could break
Wes Streeting is right to warn that the service’s future is in peril
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Dr AI will see you now
Human doctors may be fallible, but they have a tool that AI medicine will never have: judgement.
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The truth about junior doctors’ pay
The BMA’s figures are debatable.
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Why junior doctors are right to strike back
Also this week: downsizing to a flat and a bumper year for fathers over 60.
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Doctors are striking over the shambles that’s been made of their careers
During my three decades of service in the NHS, my profession has been denigrated and devalued.
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The five-day doctors’ strike is the last thing Labour needs
The government’s promise to fix the NHS is looking increasingly untenable.
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Doctors, beware the AI scribe
The time I spend editing my computerised medical notes outweighs any productivity gains I get from not writing them.
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For assisted dying to work, GPs need to know their patients
Ending a life must be a choice made between alternatives; not one taken because of a failure to provide proper…
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The BMA turns away from rejecting the Cass Report
The doctors’ union has voted to retain a neutral position on the issue.
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Medicine wars
A revolt over patient safety and declining expertise is tearing the medical establishment apart.
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Ghada Karmi: “The physical damage of Israel’s assault is real enough. The mental trauma will be far worse”
We have no idea about the scale of suffering – there is no historical precedent for the war on Gaza.
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Hundreds of doctors are challenging the BMA’s stance on puberty blockers
In a letter to the association’s UK Council chair, 870 doctors have expressed “dismay” at the union’s criticism of the…
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The junior doctors’ strike is not a gift to Labour
A short-term campaigning win on the NHS is also a long-term headache.
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The deep roots of doctors’ dissent
Disputes between the UK government and its lowest-paid physicians go back decades. They began in 1964, with the creation of…
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Building more hospitals won’t fix the NHS crisis
Politicians should focus on improving care closer to home, including GP, pharmacy and community services.
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Keeley was in agony. Why didn’t the NHS 111 software register the danger she was in?
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Confronting mortality on a 5A bus to the hereafter
After a visit to the Polyclinic, I now have to wait for my results. Scanxiety, I believe it’s called.
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Why junior doctors are right to strike
Also this week: winter travel chaos and the ongoing neglect of women’s health.
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To save the NHS, the Chancellor should pay doctors properly
A fair-pay deal would stop the strikes and prevent doctors from leaving the profession.
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“Associate” medics were meant to assist doctors, not replace them
GP practices have been able to hire physician associates, and what they are allowed to do has gone under the…
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