The maternity unit is no place for a culture war
Britain’s maternity services are underfunded, understaffed and divided by an ideological battle over the best way to give birth.
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The Parliament Brief: We still don’t know the extent of hospital Raac, say NHS bosses
Healthcare chiefs are operating in the dark over crumbling concrete in NHS buildings.
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Regulating hospital managers is not the silver bullet to a safer NHS
Following the Lucy Letby murders, professional regulation is only one step towards improving accountability in our health service.
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The Research Brief: how our health and social care systems keep hospital beds full
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Hospitals are crumbling, and the impact on patients is immeasurable
At St Mary’s, we face collapsed ceilings and sewage leaks while staff time is wasted due to estate problems.
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Fifty days on an NHS ward
Over months of treatment, I have seen the best and the worst of healthcare in Britain.
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Where is the NHS workforce plan?
The time for promises and postponements has passed.
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Brain surgery in a warzone
For Ukrainians, victory is inevitable – but in the country’s hospitals, it is clear that winning the war will come…
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Can “virtual wards” fix the NHS’s state of emergency?
As health workers go back on strike, Adrian Boyle of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says the government's plan…
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The fierce women doctors of Maternal show that TV drama is moving on
Not so long ago, every successful working woman on screen was either a secret wreck or a man-in-training.
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We rely on the NHS to be there for us in a crisis – but it is caught in a crisis of its own
Behind every 999 call is an understanding that someone will help when we are helpless – but that trust is…
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Midwives like me have been warning maternity units are unsafe for years
We see the near misses that happen around us all the time; pray for our own trusts to be investigated,…
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The Policy Ask with Richard Sloggett: “We don’t need more hospitals, we should modernise those we have”
The former Department for Health special adviser on community care, mental health and unethical food advertising.
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How the UK trails its European neighbours for hospital capacity
Britain has fewer hospital beds per head than Germany, France and Italy.
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How the number of NHS beds in England has halved
The total number of hospital beds has fallen from 300,000 to 141,000 over the last 30 years.
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