The public inquiry industrial complex
Lawmakers are trying to launder controversial issues through endless commissions and reports – but it doesn't work.
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The National Health Service is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. Find here, the New Statesman’s latest comment and analysis on the NHS, including the government’s healthcare policy, the current crisis and the future of the NHS.
The doctor will see you never – the NHS in 2025
Covid-19 accelerated the crisis in healthcare, it did not cause it.
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Social care in Britain is doomed
No government is willing to make unpalatable choices needed to resolve the crisis.
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It will take more than cash to repair the NHS
Labour must make hard decisions on the future of social care.
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We need to talk about dying
The assisted dying debate has been filled with horror stories of miserable ends. But does this reflect the reality of…
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Letter of the week: Doors of perception
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Assisted dying is not about individual suffering, but about the value we place on all human life
Compassion leads one to feel with another person. But that does not tell us what is right.
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The productivity paradox redux
From Whitehall to the town hall, technology continues to frustrate.
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Rachel Reeves’ Budget will stabilise the NHS – but only reform will save it
Health needs that aren’t met in primary care simply turn up in secondary care.
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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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Dr Nick Watts: “The NHS’s net zero target was designed to be hard”
The founding chief sustainability officer of the NHS on a 50:50 chance of hitting the service's 2045 decarbonisation goal.
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Questions remain over NHS youth gender care, despite Cass Review
One of the services treating the Tavistock's former patients appeared to be taking cues from American healthcare guidelines.
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Q&A: Why are so many palliative care doctors against assisted dying?
Until the NHS solves its funding crisis, the UK cannot afford to debate this legislation.
By Making a new weight-loss drug available on the NHS will break the system
There isn’t capacity to accommodate the millions that would seek it.
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The menopause industry is a murky area of women’s healthcare
There is little evidence to back up claims made about symptoms, treatment and care.
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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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Wes Streeting: “I don’t want to be the fun police”
The Health Secretary on Labour’s killjoy image and why the NHS will “go bust” without reform.
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Medicine wars
A revolt over patient safety and declining expertise is tearing the medical establishment apart.
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A prescription for success: improving the UK’s access to new medicines
Labour has pledged to put Britain at the front of the queue for medical breakthroughs; achieving that goal will require…
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Today’s health service is a travesty of what it used to be
The Conservatives have subjected the NHS to the most savage funding squeeze in its history.
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