The prostate cancer conundrum
While screening is an imperfect science, there is public and political pressure to take action now
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The passion of Will Self
The writer says his new book could be his last
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Should the NHS stop screening patients for cancer?
Some are subjected to unnecessary therapies, which can cause significant harm
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AI in breast cancer screening may do more harm than good
The complexity of medical practice is at odds with politicians’ thirst for good headlines.
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What is the point of We Live in Time?
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s weepy is full of great acting and beautiful interiors but never justifies its existence.
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Chris Hoy’s race against time
The Olympic cyclist’s memoir All that Matters reflects on the terminal cancer diagnosis that tested his resilience to the limit.
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The Parliament Brief: Is the government taking a risk with its cancer strategy?
MPs have questioned whether bringing cancer within the scope of the Major Conditions Strategy is wise.
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To drive down rates of disease, we need to look beyond the NHS
The Major Conditions Strategy can only build a healthier society if it considers economic inequalities.
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Cancer targets mean nothing without the staff to deliver them
To meet NHS England’s benchmarks for faster diagnosis and treatment, we need proper workforce resourcing.
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The Research Brief: the case for preventing rather than treating ill health
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Dawn Butler’s Q&A: “Having cancer taught me how fragile life is”
The Labour MP for Brent Central on Sojourner Truth, fake culture wars and how she chooses which battles to fight.
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The NHS workforce crisis is holding back cancer diagnosis
As technology to detect cancer advances, staff shortages are curbing its potential.
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We have sleepwalked into a major gap in cancer care
As demand outstrips capacity, doctors face the moral injury of knowing that we can’t do the best for our patients.
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“The NHS saved my life”: MPs and peers on the health service
To mark the NHS’s 75th anniversary, parliamentarians recount their experiences of receiving care.
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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 remarkable range of Glenda Jackson
Also this week: admiring the Elgin Marbles, and enduring the rigmarole of chemotherapy.
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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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Partner content
How can innovation improve NHS capacity?
Could investing in new technologies optimise patient outcomes and address current workforce challenges?
Thanks to a shoulder in agony I meet Dr H—, possessed of a lively mind and deep humanity
I tend to get on with the medical profession, but her demeanour suggested an even broader hinterland than usual.
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Vapes aren’t enough to stop people smoking
The government should be funding cessation services and cracking down on Big Tobacco rather than fixating on e-cigarettes.
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