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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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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Are the Conservatives “defunding” the NHS in order to privatise it?
Suspicions circle among health workers that Tory ministers want the public service to fail so it can be sold off.
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What China’s devastating Covid outbreak means for the rest of the world
The true scale of the country’s current wave and the failures of its “zero Covid” policy pose a threat to…
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Behind ambulance strikes, there’s an elephant in the emergency room
The A&E crisis has a hidden cause that cannot be fixed with paramedic pay.
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Do you want to live forever?
Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are the…
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Wes Streeting’s comments on health unions were “blatantly untrue”, says deputy BMA chair
Emma Runswick told the New Statesman Podcast that the shadow health secretary was misleading voters in an attempt to “appear…
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Is Britain losing faith in its “national religion”?
As ambulance workers and nurses walk out on an ailing NHS, the public’s attitude towards the health service is changing.
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