How the UK-India trade deal threatens affordable medicines
The government is pushing for strengthened intellectual property rules for India-made pharmaceuticals.
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How council funding impacts public health
While focus often falls on the NHS, cuts to local authority budgets have had serious consequences for the UK's healthcare…
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Do healthcare guidelines prioritise consistency over patient care?
Nice needs to lead the debate about treatments that may be too low-value to justify using NHS resources.
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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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Why we need a new way of thinking about obesity
The former health minister and chair of Business for Health on why intervention is needed in a broken junk food…
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What does an ageing population mean for the future of healthcare?
At New Statesman panel, organised in partnership with Biogen, looked at the impact of demographics on maintaining health and social…
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People blame the economy and work for ill-health – not just the NHS
Exclusive data by Opinium for the Fairness Foundation has shown that the majority of people believe social determinants are making…
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The Policy Ask with Richard Torbett: “The pandemic really demonstrated what the pharma industry does for the world”
The chief executive of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry on joining Horizon, R&D policy, and his morning run.
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Lessons from the pandemic
Tackling Covid-19 in its endemic phase requires long-term planning and vision.
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Partnership is the path to better health outcomes
Why we must work together to transform care.
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How digital innovation can unlock a healthier future
The rapid advancement of technology must be used to fight disease.
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Building a new future for people with epilepsy
It’s time to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of charity.
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As personal heart monitors, smart watches are not so smart
The popularity of wearables is muddying health data and fuelling an epidemic of scans and anxiety.
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Nurses are highly skilled workers – and should be paid as such
Conversations around salary ignore the fact that nurses today do work that was traditionally the remit of junior doctors.
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We need a revolution in children’s dentistry – their smiles depend on it
Practical, immediate reforms, supported by targeted investment can help, but it needs political willpower to be successful.
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NHS investment “would pay for itself fourteen times over”
Researchers have found that an extra £1bn of healthcare funding could lead to a £14bn gain for the economy.
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Why we should be worried by the new Covid wave
With the emergence of a highly mutated Omicron variant, policies for controlling the virus deserve our renewed attention.
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£2.5bn extra to Big Pharma? Don’t tell striking NHS staff
The expiration of Vpas, the health department-private sector agreement, could see the NHS's medicines bill ballooning.
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We need “much heavier restrictions” on vapes, says former health minister
Steve Brine, now the Health Select Committee chair, says he is “alarmed” at the marketing practices used by e-cigarette companies…
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More than three-quarters of NHS staff have considered quitting
A new survey shows health service workers reporting extreme levels of stress, anxiety and burnout.
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