Joan Bakewell’s Diary: living with cancer, and the age of the grandparent
Medical progress is making us live longer – and grannies like me are being turned to for free childcare.
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Libertarians hated it, but the sugar tax might just have worked
Researchers think it could have helped prevent obesity. Now there are calls to extend the levy and use it to…
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The NHS’s patronising cervical screening campaigns have missed the point
It’s time to start addressing the very real reasons that people are reluctant to attend smear test appointments.
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The government is failing Britain over the infected blood scandal
Its refusal to take responsibility for the suffering of tens of thousands of people may come from an anxiety about…
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Quarter of A&E patients forced to use it because of GP waiting times
The loss of non-urgent care is stretching NHS emergency departments even further.
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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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