Why the Health and Social Care Bill won’t fix Britain’s care crisis
Caring for my dying father, I learned I wasn’t just nursing a man towards oblivion, but a socio-economic system.
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Smartphone use is having a radical effect on young people’s mental health
Screen time has its social upsides – but thousands of hours of lost face-to-face contact is an urgent concern.
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How worried should we be about the new Covid wave?
The UK is not going to return to lockdown, but there are mitigations that a responsible government should be vigorously…
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Rebecca Smith: “For children, losing their hair is very frightening”
The author reflects on writing about childhood cancer in her new book SuperDaisy.
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Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people
The brave and dignified patients I encountered during the pandemic are the polar opposite of the Prime Minister.
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Monkeypox is not a gay virus. Haven’t we been here before?
As with HIV/Aids 40 years ago, the stigma of a disease can have serious consequences for efforts to contain it.
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Margaret Hodge’s Diary: Keir Starmer’s honourable announcement and why I’m a proud granny
The Labour leader has demonstrated integrity, which is so different from the slippery lying that defines Boris Johnson.
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Did the UK perform better than thought on Covid-19?
The circumstances were unenviable but to shrug and say ministers “did their best” is to excuse the inexcusable.
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