The Daily Mail’s tax statistics are an own goal
If half of income tax is paid by 10 per cent of earners, it only goes to show how unequal…
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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.
Doctors’ union chair: prioritising private healthcare will increase inequalities
Iain Kennedy, the chair of BMA Scotland, on why charging wealthier patients will reduce NHS funding and widen the health…
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PMQs: Keir Starmer leaves Rishi Sunak squirming over the NHS catastrophe
The Labour leader showed that he intends to exploit the state of the health service at every other opportunity.
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How to save the NHS
Our medical editor spent New Year’s Day in A&E after his mother collapsed in church. In this personal essay he…
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The truth behind the worst NHS crisis
Most of the carnage unfolding is the result of political decisions, not Covid-19.
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Do the public support the nurses’ strike?
More than half of the public backs the nurses’ strike, with only about a quarter opposed.
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How Rishi Sunak is getting away with the NHS crisis
When 500 citizens are needlessly dying a week, you might reasonably think the situation demands immediate intervention.
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Andrew Bridgen isn’t the only conspiracy theorist when it comes to the NHS
When things go wrong, we are all primed to go looking for someone to blame.
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Huge majority of British voters reject GP charges
As the NHS struggles, exclusive polling shows Britons overwhelmingly oppose the idea of paying for appointments.
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Could the UK emulate New Zealand’s smoking ban?
Wes Streeting recently said he wanted to phase out smoking. What would that look like?
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Most Brits say it’s fine for Rishi Sunak to use private healthcare
The Prime Minister didn’t seem to know that, as exclusive polling shows, people wouldn’t mind him paying for care.
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Rishi Sunak needs to show the public he can do more than crisis management
The PM’s current priorities are easy to achieve and do nothing to define his form of Conservatism.
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Leader: The sick man of Europe
As Britons face the worst access to healthcare across the continent, the crisis in the NHS can no longer be…
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I’m an ambulance worker – here’s the story of my shift from hell
Paramedics and 999 call handlers are striking in England and Wales. One reveals the reality of their working conditions, as…
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I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m going on strike
The government has enabled real-term pay cuts, service overloads and chronic underinvestment within the NHS.
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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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The NHS crisis has left the SNP with nowhere to hide
If Nicola Sturgeon fails to turn the health service around, it may soon be her government that finds itself in…
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Can’t Keir Starmer offer a little hope in this bleak midwinter?
While the Tories say “try not to need an ambulance”, Labour says “don’t expect us to fix everything”.
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Wes Streeting’s plan for the NHS signals a bolder Labour in 2023
Proposing radical reforms to the GP system is controversial – but it’s a big idea from a party growing in…
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“National renewal” does not come cheap
Keir Starmer’s plan for more devolution is welcome, but ameliorating our social crises will require sustained public investment.
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