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Future proofing the NHS
Prevention and innovation are key to ensuring the survival of the health service.
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The government must not bow to industry pressure on smoking and vaping
Big Tobacco will try its hardest to prevent the ban on disposable vapes and the reduction of the legal smoking…
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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.
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The NHS backlog might have decreased but ambulance waiting times are still high
Although waiting lists for hospital treatment have reduced, access to emergency care is getting slower.
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What would a National Care Service look like?
Health and social care experts came together to discuss how a Labour government could transform the sector.
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How will data and advancements in technology impact the NHS?
At the New Statesman’s Future of Healthcare conference, policymakers discussed the role that new technological frontiers will bring to the…
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What are the key questions Labour needs to answer in 2024?
As we head into an election year, Keir Starmer still has to win over the electorate on a plethora of…
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The new immigration rules will pile more pressure onto unpaid carers
Harsher restrictions will only exacerbate conditions for the millions of people who provide unpaid care for their loved ones.
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Can Labour’s ten-year NHS plan revolutionise long-term healthcare?
A renewed focus on prevention will be crucial in helping individuals, society and the health service.
Exclusive: Half of Conservative councillors think the NHS has worsened since 2010
Forty-eight per cent of Tory local leaders say health services have deteriorated since their party came to power.
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Why we urgently need a social care workforce plan
The sector has a major staff retention problem – policymakers and providers must work together to ensure workforce security.
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Can Keir Starmer transform the sickness service?
To fix the NHS, Labour must prioritise prevention, retention and capacity issues, say healthcare policy experts.
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The problem with Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to get people “fit for work”
The Chancellor wants to push more sick people into being economically productive but offers little to make them well in…
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To save the NHS, the Chancellor should pay doctors properly
A fair-pay deal would stop the strikes and prevent doctors from leaving the profession.
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NHS funding is more urgent than tax breaks for the wealthy
The government should use its Autumn Statement to prioritise health for the many over help for the few.
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The Parliament Brief: The triple threat facing the NHS as winter approaches
MPs hear about the pressures facing the health service, from waiting lists to strike action.
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Can Victoria Atkins, the new Health Secretary, save the NHS?
The former Treasury minister is regarded as a new Tory talent, but she takes over at a difficult time for…
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Adult social care is under “significant financial pressure”
The National Audit Office has revealed that stalled plans and diverted funds have held back reform of the system.
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“Associate” medics were meant to assist doctors, not replace them
GP practices have been able to hire physician associates, and what they are allowed to do has gone under the…
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“The ‘nanny state’ has given us a lot of freedom,” says England’s leading public health director
Greg Fell on Rishi Sunak’s cigarette ban, redefining good health, and individual responsibility.
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