Could overdose prevention centres tackle the UK’s drug death crisis?
OPCs have been proven to save lives – but they are yet to be introduced in this country.
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The National Health Service is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. Find here, the New Statesman’s latest comment and analysis on the NHS, including the government’s healthcare policy, the current crisis and the future of the NHS.
Labour must be radical on public service reform
Rethinking public services can rebuild trust in the state – and rebalance our economy.
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Nurses don’t strike lightly
When the heartiest of NHS staff take action, something’s up.
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Nurses’ pay is lower in real terms than in 2010
As strikes approach, nurses’ pay is 2 per cent less than it was 12 years ago after accounting for inflation.
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PMQs: Sunak cornered on all sides over NHS strikes
Keir Starmer accused the PM of having “curled up in a ball and gone into hibernation” as a winter crisis…
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Rishi Sunak has been left looking complacent on strikes
Even if the public loses patience with the strikers, that doesn’t mean they’ll sympathise with the government.
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The UK’s GDP figures look good, but they don’t tell the whole story
Shaky monthly indicators cannot capture the human picture: real wages are down and life is becoming more difficult.
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Why is Wes Streeting challenging the BMA?
The shadow health secretary is trying to find a middle ground on the NHS.
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The Tories should have known these strikes were inevitable
The government daren’t admit the real issue of public pay pressure: stagnant growth is wearing away at all of our…
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Whatever happened to the Conservatives’ “war on cancer”?
It is not clear that improving cancer survival rates is still a priority for this government.
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The worst of the pandemic may be past, but the NHS is struggling to recover
The total number of patients waiting for some form of investigation or specialist treatment has topped 7 million.
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The Policy Ask with Julia Patterson: “No one should seek to profit from public healthcare”
The founder of medic-led campaign group EveryDoctor on NHS privatisation, the role of experts and the climate crisis.
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Striking NHS staff don’t just want pay rises – they want a clean conscience
Nurses and ambulance drivers need to make a statement about the risk posed to patients by stretched resources.
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Cabinet Office paid almost £2m for contract offering private healthcare for civil servants
The government department spent £1.96m on a contract offering employees “affordable private healthcare”.
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Was Great British Railways ever the answer to the UK’s transport woes?
The travel chaos we see today is the result of a complete lack of vision and planning.
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The Chancellor’s funding won’t treat the NHS’s financial headache
The extra billions pledged are welcome, but will not be enough to fix significant problems across health and social care.
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Rishi Sunak’s problem isn’t that he’s paying for healthcare
It’s that 12 years of Tory government have made it necessary.
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I’m a public health doctor – I know austerity is why people are struggling
Jeremy Hunt missed an opportunity to improve the population’s health in his Autumn Statement.
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Whitehall civil servants encouraged to get “affordable private healthcare” amid NHS crisis
Civil servants have been sent an email offering them the chance to sign up for private healthcare owing to “extended…
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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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