Government promised us more GPs but five years on the profession is in crisis
Between growing numbers leaving the profession and the rise in demand, practices are at breaking point.
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From the NS archive: The young doctors’ dilemma
5 January 1946: Every class of society should be drawn upon for recruits to the medical profession.
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Generation Burnout: how Covid-19 pushed NHS staff to the brink
More than half of doctors are living with at least one mental health condition as a result of work.
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Personal Story: On the Covid front line
As a junior doctor walking into the intensive care unit for the first time, I saw a ward lined with unconscious patients attached to…
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“We’re preparing for another spike”: A London NHS hospital chief reflects on the peak of Covid-19
A diary by Royal Free Hospital chief executive Kate Slemeck, reflecting on Britain’s first coronavirus cases, hosting camera crews and the prospect of a…
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The peak
Inside the mind of Dr Jim Down, a leading intensive care consultant, on the night of the peak number of…
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The wounded healer: how my father’s cancer led me to a life of helping others
Phil Whitaker draws on his experiences as a doctor to investigate how close we are to a cure for the “emperor…
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The proposed cuts to junior doctors’ pay will make medicine a profession for the privileged
Jeremy Hunt is an intelligent man with a first-class education. This makes his ill-fated proposed contract appear even more callous…
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