Fifty days on an NHS ward
Over months of treatment, I have seen the best and the worst of healthcare in Britain.
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Covid-stretched NHS has led to deadly consequences for heart care
New analysis from the British Heart Foundation shows year-long waiting lists for heart procedures are 100 times what they were…
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Sick Britain: how economic inactivity has surged
A record 2.5 million people are not looking for work because they suffer from long-term sickness.
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Cancer treatment waiting times have surged in England
In April 65 per cent of patients started cancer treatment within two months, down from over 85 per cent in…
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“Frankly, people are dying”: The NHS spring crisis your higher taxes can’t solve
A record hospital backlog is putting patients “in danger” and leaving them “cynical” about the health service, the New Statesman…
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Ben Whishaw’s haggard junior doctor was working 16 years ago – the NHS is even worse today
Post-Covid and Conservative cuts, hospitals are closer to collapse than depicted in Adam Kay's dramatised diaries, This is Going to…
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“It’s every 999 caller’s worst nightmare”: Why aren’t ambulances reaching people in time?
A baby fits for two hours. A cancer patient suffers suspected sepsis for seven hours. A man is left to…
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