Keir Starmer’s populist smoking ban
The British public love to ban things - even when they have no skin in the game.
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Medicine wars
A revolt over patient safety and declining expertise is tearing the medical establishment apart.
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The tension between patients’ rights and public safety
The report into the case of Valdo Calocane may impact the government’s commitment to “modernise” the Mental Health Act.
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Hundreds of doctors are challenging the BMA’s stance on puberty blockers
In a letter to the association’s UK Council chair, 870 doctors have expressed “dismay” at the union’s criticism of the…
By The body’s secret defence mechanism
Gareth’s aching stomach made a 999 call to his “abdominal policeman”.
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Why are British doctors considering rejecting the Cass report?
A motion to “disavow” the review has been submitted by members of the BMA.
By Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
It would be dramatic and counter-intuitive – but rebuilding healthcare around the doctor-patient relationship is a vital reform.
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Today’s health service is a travesty of what it used to be
The Conservatives have subjected the NHS to the most savage funding squeeze in its history.
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