Medicine’s profit motive
Big Pharma has the NHS in its grip – and patients are paying the price.
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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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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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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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The NHS’s digital problem: how old infrastructure is slowing down healthcare services
From paper patient records to erratic hospital computers, the barriers NHS staff face are stopping them from reaping the rewards…
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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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Craig Ritchie: “Dementia is a crisis of our own making”
The psychiatrist and renowned brain health expert on changing perceptions around the UK’s biggest killer.
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The Conservatives treat social care as an afterthought
A strong care system gives people the freedom to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.
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The dental desert
A lack of NHS dentistry provision is causing people to neglect their oral health or perform their own procedures. Spotlight…
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How NHS waiting times impact people with arthritis
One in six individuals in the UK are living with the condition.
Healthcare: Fixing sick Britain
Expert analysis and comment from Abena Oppong-Asare, Daisy Cooper, Preet Gill and David Nutt.
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How can a preventative approach to health and care help Labour deliver for patients?
Experts came together at the New Statesman’s Path to Power conference to discuss how a new government could transform the…
We need to decentralise the NHS
The survival of the health service depends on its ability to empower local areas.
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Our A&E crisis is killing hundreds a week – and government spin can’t hide it
A new programme to increase competition between hospitals is pure The Thick of It politics.
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I’m a community pharmacist – we’ve been overlooked for too long
High street pharmacies are more than just chemist shops – they give patients access to life-saving advice and medical care.
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The Parliament Brief: the government might not meet target of 2.5 million extra NHS dentist appointments
The public health minister Andrea Leadsom told MPs that the figure attached to the dental recovery plan is unreliable.
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We must look after those who care for us
To stop NHS and social care staff leaving the profession, we need greater investment into their mental health and well-being.
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The Parliament Brief: extent of Covid PPE fraud should be in the “public domain”, say MPs
The Public Accounts Committee has said the procurement of unusable equipment during the pandemic was a “significant cost to the…
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The government is running before it can walk on NHS digital transformation
When doctors can barely log into their computers, why is the Chancellor focusing on artificial intelligence?
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Labour will need “to a find different way” to pay for £111m NHS dentistry reform
Preet Gill, the shadow public health minister, said that there are no plans for the party to U-turn on the…
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