Can the NHS clear its backlog?
More than six million people are now waiting for health service treatment in England.
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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.
Apps are not a replacement for GPs
In many areas there are not enough doctors to meet demand, and technology alone cannot solve the problem.
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How will the heatwave impact the NHS?
As temperatures climb beyond 40ºC, the health service has to deliver despite staff shortages and crumbling infrastructure.
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What would tax cuts mean for public services?
Conservative leadership candidates have promised to slash tax but have neglected to discuss funding for the NHS, schools and social…
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Hospitals are under pressure from Covid-19 once again
There is a shortage of hospital beds and ambulances, but Conservative leadership candidates would rather talk tax cuts.
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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.
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The NHS is still a long way from net zero
To truly reduce health inequalities, experts say the national health service must solve its carbon emissions problem.
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Warm words on mental health are an insult to those left without treatment
Sanctimonious rhetoric from politicians and celebrities is no compensation for the desperate lack of funding available.
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NHS outsourcing linked to hundreds of preventable deaths
Researchers from Oxford University have found that increasing private NHS corresponds with more avoidable deaths.
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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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Jeremy Hunt: End the “terrible blame culture” in the NHS
Healthcare staff should be able to learn from mistakes without fear of being sued, the former health secretary has said.
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Sajid Javid: Voters have every right to be upset by partygate
In conversation with Andrew Marr, the Health Secretary discussed his view of biological sex and the pressures on the NHS.
“We don’t want to see NHS strikes”: Wes Streeting and Rachel Reeves on Labour in an age of inflation
The shadow chancellor and shadow health secretary open up about the opposition’s plan for the economy.
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Why the Health and Social Care Bill won’t fix Britain’s care crisis
Caring for my dying father, I learned I wasn’t just nursing a man towards oblivion, but a socio-economic system.
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Tech bosses know the real prize is privatising the NHS’s future
Peter Thiel’s data company Palantir is poaching health service experts as it eyes a deal worth up to £1bn.
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Jeremy Hunt: “It’s a rabbit hole to try and change how the NHS is structured”
The former health secretary and 2019 Tory leadership candidate on Blue Wall Toryism, health policy and social care.
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Zero: Jeremy Hunt’s book on the NHS is well intentioned – but misses 90 per cent of the story
Candid on short-staffing and underfunding, ministerial memoir Zero omits the healthcare that happens in the community.
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The Tories are trying to blame the Bank of England for our economic crisis
MPs and ministers are looking for a scapegoat for the coming recession.
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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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Inflation is eating away at Britain’s schools and hospitals
Rising prices are hitting the most important workers the hardest.
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