Healthcare

The cost-of-living crisis is pricing people out of breathing

Half a million people are having to choose between life-saving asthma medication and daily necessities like food and heating.

Could we treat obesity with a pill?

Zandy Forbes’s genetics company may have a new treatment for a condition that costs the NHS billions.

Why would anyone want to work for the NHS right now?

No one’s surprised by the shortage of doctors and nurses.

Can the NHS clear its backlog?

More than six million people are now waiting for health service treatment in England.

How will the heatwave impact the NHS?

As temperatures climb beyond 40ºC, the health service has to deliver despite staff shortages and crumbling infrastructure.

The US trails the world on value for money from healthcare

America spends more on healthcare than any developed country but has one of the lowest life expectancy rates.

Why are the Tory leadership candidates not talking about NHS waiting lists?

As Conservative hopefuls bicker over culture wars, the National Health Service is falling apart at the seams.

NHS outsourcing linked to hundreds of preventable deaths

Researchers from Oxford University have found that increasing private NHS corresponds with more avoidable deaths.

Fantastic mental well-being strategies and where to find them

Health insurers have developed tailored workplace support for businesses

The unacknowledged trauma epidemic

Sexual violence haunts survivors long after the event. Are health services equipped to cope?

Calorie counts are not the answer to obesity

Such a blunt approach will do more harm than good.

30 September 1983: Much was wrong with welfare socialism from the beginning.

Workforce pressures threaten cancer treatment, MPs warn

Staff shortages are undermining efforts to provide early diagnoses, says the health and social care committee.

Truth’s out: our “natural” birth obsession kills

The Shrewsbury report proves C-sections save lives.

GP chief calls for independent well-being regulator

Failure to put measures in place to support the mental health of staff could see the NHS collapse from within.

It can’t schmooze GPs, so Big Pharma targets patients and politicians instead

Only doctors at the end of their careers can recall the lavish lunches, the balloon trips, the conferences at ski…

In trying to tackle fake news, Facebook is cracking down on real science

The platform’s fact checkers found no inaccuracies in a recent BMJ investigation – but limited its reach anyway. Should they…

How has stroke treatment been affected by Covid-19?

For a condition where time is everything, delays had a big impact on patients

We must not drop our guard against flu

With our immune systems susceptible, the influenza vaccine will be more crucial than ever this winter, says the president of…

26 October 1962: Prompted by Michael Foot’s biography of Aneurin Bevan, John Freeman gathers his thoughts about the father of…