Dan Poulter: “I voted for policies that I would not now vote for”
The doctor and Tory defector Dan Poulter on the state of the NHS and where his former party went wrong.
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What we must learn from the infected blood scandal
This failure and its cover-up reveals the harm done by the NHS’s “institutional defensiveness”.
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How hormones rule our lives
From sex to eating, birth to body temperature, our physical selves do what our chemical masters tell us.
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Letter of the week: Maternal responsibility
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The Cass Review into children’s gender care should shame us all
Why was the prescription of puberty blockers to distressed children allowed to continue for so long?
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The trauma ward
Each year thousands of women suffer the nightmare of a traumatic birth. I was one of them.
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Our A&E crisis is killing hundreds a week – and government spin can’t hide it
A new programme to increase competition between hospitals is pure The Thick of It politics.
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I can’t find a diagnosis for Ted – but he can diagnose modern medicine
“Everything’s decided on thousands of people,” he told me. “That can’t possibly tell you what to do for any individual.”
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The deep roots of doctors’ dissent
Disputes between the UK government and its lowest-paid physicians go back decades. They began in 1964, with the creation of…
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Michael Sheen is remarkable in the National Theatre’s Nye
There could not be a better time for this story of Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, the Welsh Labour MP and arch-creator…
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Will the SNP now finally wake up to the NHS crisis?
Such is the decline of the Scottish health service that senior medics are now questioning whether it can remain free.
By Pharmacy First, which bypasses GPs, may lead to even greater antibiotic use
Asking busy pharmacists to conduct thorough patient consultations is yet another “solution” that won’t solve anything at all.
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Why the NHS is Labour’s biggest political opportunity
Exclusive polling shows the party’s health plan is by far the most popular of its five missions for government.
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How Breathtaking brought tears to the Baftas
Also this week: In awe of maverick nurses, and why swearing should be prescribed on the NHS.
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Dentist queues are an indictment of Tory rule
Voters know the Conservatives have left public services in a worse state than when they found them.
By Why NHS patients are resorting to weight-loss surgery overseas
A case involving gastric-sleeve surgery in Turkey revealed the UK’s failures in tackling obesity.
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Inside NHS England’s faltering plan to replace the Tavistock
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has been called on to rescue the opening of two new NHS gender identity…
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Parkrun founder: “It’s everybody’s right to be active and healthy”
Paul Sinton-Hewitt on why running with other people is an under-rated form of medicine.
By Do healthcare guidelines prioritise consistency over patient care?
Nice needs to lead the debate about treatments that may be too low-value to justify using NHS resources.
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Why junior doctors are right to strike
Also this week: winter travel chaos and the ongoing neglect of women’s health.
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