How will the heatwave impact the NHS?
As temperatures climb beyond 40ºC, the health service has to deliver despite staff shortages and crumbling infrastructure.
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The US trails the world on value for money from healthcare
America spends more on healthcare than any developed country but has one of the lowest life expectancy rates.
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Why are the Tory leadership candidates not talking about NHS waiting lists?
As Conservative hopefuls bicker over culture wars, the National Health Service is falling apart at the seams.
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NHS outsourcing linked to hundreds of preventable deaths
Researchers from Oxford University have found that increasing private NHS corresponds with more avoidable deaths.
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Fantastic mental well-being strategies and where to find them
Health insurers have developed tailored workplace support for businesses
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The unacknowledged trauma epidemic
Sexual violence haunts survivors long after the event. Are health services equipped to cope?
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Calorie counts are not the answer to obesity
Such a blunt approach will do more harm than good.
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From the NS archive: Property of the professionals
30 September 1983: Much was wrong with welfare socialism from the beginning.
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Workforce pressures threaten cancer treatment, MPs warn
Staff shortages are undermining efforts to provide early diagnoses, says the health and social care committee.
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Truth’s out: our “natural” birth obsession kills
The Shrewsbury report proves C-sections save lives.
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GP chief calls for independent well-being regulator
Failure to put measures in place to support the mental health of staff could see the NHS collapse from within.
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It can’t schmooze GPs, so Big Pharma targets patients and politicians instead
Only doctors at the end of their careers can recall the lavish lunches, the balloon trips, the conferences at ski…
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In trying to tackle fake news, Facebook is cracking down on real science
The platform’s fact checkers found no inaccuracies in a recent BMJ investigation – but limited its reach anyway. Should they…
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How has stroke treatment been affected by Covid-19?
For a condition where time is everything, delays had a big impact on patients
We must not drop our guard against flu
With our immune systems susceptible, the influenza vaccine will be more crucial than ever this winter, says the president of…
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From the NS archive: What remains of Aneurin Bevan
26 October 1962: Prompted by Michael Foot's biography of Aneurin Bevan, John Freeman gathers his thoughts about the father 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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Why are old people in Britain dying before their time?
Mortality rates for elderly people are rising across the country. Initially, the authorities blamed merely cold weather.
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From the archive: The NHS is even more cherished than the monarchy and the army
In this archive piece from 2013, British Future polling revealed that while attitudes to the NHS had been fluctuating, commitment…
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