Labour promised to fix the NHS but seems set on breaking it even more
Wes Streeting appears to be the first Labour health secretary willing to countenance cutting back end-of-life care.
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Does Labour seriously want to “castrate the paedos”?
Shabana Mahmood is smuggling liberal policies under a tabloid cloak.
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Jeremy Hunt: Why targets alone won’t save the NHS
The NHS, as the world’s largest healthcare system, has become just too big and bureaucratic.
By The NHS will be paid to cut waiting lists – at great cost to patient safety
Are some people destined to become collateral damage so that lists “fall” faster?
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Medicine’s profit motive
Big Pharma has the NHS in its grip – and patients are paying the price.
By NHS staff are still traumatised by the pandemic
Despite their continuing levels of severe distress, funding has now been withdrawn from mental health hubs.
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The NHS England power grab
Also this week: The miracle of organ donation and the beauty of the bullfinch.
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Labour has finally seized command of the health service
With the dissolution of NHS England, the government has the power – and the responsibility – to truly reform healthcare.
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Q&A: The hidden crisis in the NHS
The resignation of NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard represents a chance to clear out a broken managerial system.
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Can Kim Leadbeater justify her assisted dying bill?
The MP behind this ethically transformative piece of legislation answers her critics.
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The Do No Harm dilemma
What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?
By NHS England has no idea about GPs
Reform will only happen when the organisation confronts how lamentably wrong-headed it has been.
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The public inquiry industrial complex
Lawmakers are trying to launder controversial issues through endless commissions and reports – but it doesn't work.
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The doctor will see you never – the NHS in 2025
Covid-19 accelerated the crisis in healthcare, it did not cause it.
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Social care in Britain is doomed
No government is willing to make unpalatable choices needed to resolve the crisis.
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It will take more than cash to repair the NHS
Labour must make hard decisions on the future of social care.
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We need to talk about dying
The assisted dying debate has been filled with horror stories of miserable ends. But does this reflect the reality of…
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Letter of the week: Doors of perception
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Assisted dying is not about individual suffering, but about the value we place on all human life
Compassion leads one to feel with another person. But that does not tell us what is right.
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The productivity paradox redux
From Whitehall to the town hall, technology continues to frustrate.
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