Donna Ockenden: “Mothers were blamed for their own deaths”
The senior midwife on the UK’s failing maternity services.
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Labour’s overtime pay plan for doctors is welcome – but not sustainable
How can clinicians work longer hours when they are already exhausted?
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The Parliament Brief: NHS doctors minimise menstrual health issues, celebrities tell MPs
The journalist Naga Munchetty told the Women and Equalities Committee that she felt “gaslit” over her adenomyosis diagnosis and treatment.
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How AI is speeding up diagnosis
Technology is transforming the speed at which diseases are detected. But what are the risks of rapid innovation?
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The BMI scale is outdated, simplistic and discriminatory
Using an out-of-date tool only exacerbates the systemic mistreatment of those deemed to be overweight.
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How digital innovation can unlock a healthier future
The rapid advancement of technology must be used to fight disease.
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More than one in ten Brits need painkillers every day
Research shared exclusively with Spotlight shows the extent of the UK’s dependency on pain medication.
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Nurses are highly skilled workers – and should be paid as such
Conversations around salary ignore the fact that nurses today do work that was traditionally the remit of junior doctors.
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The Conservatives are bringing the culture war to the NHS
The Health Secretary’s conference speech focused on trans issues and union relations rather than waiting lists and staff shortages.
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Why we must prioritise treating long-term health conditions
We need to find inventive ways to help the 26 million people in the UK who live with chronic illness.
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Ed Davey bets on the NHS to deliver a Lib Dem surge
The Liberal Democrat leader’s pledge on cancer treatment is designed to appeal to “Blue Wall” voters for whom the cost-of-living…
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The maternity unit is no place for a culture war
Britain’s maternity services are underfunded, understaffed and divided by an ideological battle over the best way to give birth.
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NHS investment “would pay for itself fourteen times over”
Researchers have found that an extra £1bn of healthcare funding could lead to a £14bn gain for the economy.
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A&E doctor: I fear the job I love will one day break me
It’s clear that our current workload is unsustainable, and if we don’t act soon, the NHS could crumble.
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Why we should be worried by the new Covid wave
With the emergence of a highly mutated Omicron variant, policies for controlling the virus deserve our renewed attention.
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The Parliament Brief: We still don’t know the extent of hospital Raac, say NHS bosses
Healthcare chiefs are operating in the dark over crumbling concrete in NHS buildings.
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Regulating hospital managers is not the silver bullet to a safer NHS
Following the Lucy Letby murders, professional regulation is only one step towards improving accountability in our health service.
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The Research Brief: how our health and social care systems keep hospital beds full
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Making the UK the prime destination for the life sciences
Cross-sector working, NHS resourcing and strong leadership are all needed to propel us in medicine development.
£2.5bn extra to Big Pharma? Don’t tell striking NHS staff
The expiration of Vpas, the health department-private sector agreement, could see the NHS's medicines bill ballooning.
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