Should the NHS stop screening patients for cancer?
Some are subjected to unnecessary therapies, which can cause significant harm
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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 NHS taboo could break
Wes Streeting is right to warn that the service’s future is in peril
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Wes Streeting: “I’m pretty frustrated”
The Health Secretary on Keir Starmer, Labour’s purpose, and his future
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Maternity review brands care “unacceptable” and “much worse” than anticipated
Baroness Amos has delivered her first reflections
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New puberty blocker trial approved for children, but questions remain
Puberty blockers for under-18s have been illegal in the UK since 2024
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Bereaved families’ fears over plans for national maternity taskforce
A bereaved parent described its make-up as “tokenistic and insulting”
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PMQs review: Labour briefing wars hand Kemi Badenoch an easy win
When the Prime Minister tried to insist his team was “united”, the House descended into chaos
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Britain’s next maternity scandal
A four-month investigation with Channel 4 News reveals harrowing failings at one of Britain’s most prestigious hospitals
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Wes Streeting grants families full inquiry into Leeds maternity care
The Health Secretary agreed to investigate after hearing of “repeated maternity failures”
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Bereaved families demand the government changes “perverse” scrutiny of stillbirths
The New Statesman has seen a letter sent to David Lammy arguing that the present coroner system creates cruel inconsistencies
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The deep failings of NHS maternity care
Damning reports suggest Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been causing families distress for years
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The missing trusts from the maternity review
Why has the government excluded some of the worst-performing hospital units from its investigation?
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Will the government’s maternity review let families down again?
The Department of Health has announced the 14 hospital trusts it will investigate
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Drug prescription in Canada reminds me how lucky the UK is
Both countries may share a love of Taste the Difference marmalade – but medication, not so much.
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Health bosses failed to act on NHS clinic prescribing gender drugs to kids for five years
The organisations meant to safeguard care for gender-questioning young people are not working as they should.
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Why junior doctors are right to strike back
Also this week: downsizing to a flat and a bumper year for fathers over 60.
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The five-day doctors’ strike is the last thing Labour needs
The government’s promise to fix the NHS is looking increasingly untenable.
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We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding.
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Wes Streeting’s maternity revolution
The Health Secretary has vowed to overhaul the NHS’s most scandalous service.
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Labour promised to fix the NHS but seems set on breaking it even more
Wes Streeting appears to be the first Labour health secretary willing to countenance cutting back end-of-life care.
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