“I’m feeling gently told off”: Wes Streeting and Dr Phil Whitaker in conversation
As the NHS faces its worst crisis, the shadow health secretary joined the GP for a day at his Somerset…
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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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The NHS: a history of political interference
The health service was opposed by doctors from the start, and has suffered decades of ministerial harm. Can Labour fix…
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Matt Hancock still thinks he’s the hero of the pandemic
After a faux-apology, the former health secretary sought to absolve himself of blame for his department’s failures.
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The legacy of penicillin’s first patient
Albert Alexander’s story should inspire us to renew humanity’s struggle against antimicrobial resistant infections.
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The NHS’s decline will have political consequences
People still value the service but they don’t think it’s well run.
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The family doctor knows best
A sweeping history of the NHS and one GP’s inside account of a long career on the front line.
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The sick society
How Big Pharma and the charity health sector are making us a nation of the worried well.
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