“I’m feeling gently told off”: Wes Streeting and Dr Phil Whitaker in conversation
As the NHS faces its worst crisis, the shadow health secretary joined the GP for a day at his Somerset…
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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.
Expert comment and analysis from Rosena Allin-Khan MP, Ed Davey MP, Neil O’Brien MP, Dawn Butler MP and Maria Caulfield…
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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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The NHS: a history of political interference
The health service was opposed by doctors from the start, and has suffered decades of ministerial harm. Can Labour fix…
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The NHS’s decline will have political consequences
People still value the service but they don’t think it’s well run.
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Where is the NHS workforce plan?
The time for promises and postponements has passed.
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Wendy Mitchell’s Q&A: “It wasn’t until I had dementia that books became a joy”
The campaigner on living with her diagnosis, Barack Obama and her love of Gogglebox.
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The family doctor knows best
A sweeping history of the NHS and one GP’s inside account of a long career on the front line.
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The sick society
How Big Pharma and the charity health sector are making us a nation of the worried well.
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More medical school places will not automatically mean more junior doctors
A lack of postgraduate training is creating a specialist workforce shortage.
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How can innovation improve NHS capacity?
Could investing in new technologies optimise patient outcomes and address current workforce challenges?
Letter of the week: The health challenge
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The Policy Ask with Charmaine Griffiths: “Governments place too much responsibility on individuals to live healthily”
The chief executive of the British Heart Foundation on reducing obesity and why we need an NHS workforce plan.
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Keir Starmer knows his NHS plan will make life harder for a Labour government
The condition of the NHS is not like other political issues, so any politician who promises health reforms had better…
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Labour wants to make health great again
But can Starmer convince the public that he can build “an NHS fit for the future”?
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Here’s how Keir Starmer can really end the NHS crisis
Labour’s plans for the health service require adequate funding, time and engagement from the public.
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NHS gridlock: facing the crisis in emergency care
Last year 1.65 million people waited more than 12 hours in A&E.
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The real problem with how we deal with ADHD
My brain is weird and maddening, but I think I’m finally getting the hang of it. It should be society’s…
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Placing more trust in pharmacists will ease pressure on GPs
Utilising pharmacy’s expertise will be vital in providing better patient care and reducing the backlog.
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There are concerns around ADHD overdiagnosis. But what about misdiagnosis?
A BBC Panorama documentary raises urgent questions, such as how many people are being told they have ADHD when they…
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