Health care

Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Letter To My Younger Self

Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’

Pioneering surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub is still working at 90 – and has no plans to retire

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
Abortion

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

The Big Issue has been investigating crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, which have been known to misinform women around abortion. Taxpayer money has gone towards funding some of them

The NHS is the ‘big winner’ from Reeves’ spending review – but there will be ‘difficult trade-offs’
Spending Review

The NHS is the ‘big winner’ from Reeves’ spending review – but there will be ‘difficult trade-offs’

‘From a day-to-day spending perspective, the NHS is the big winner out of this spending review,’ experts told Big Issue

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: ‘The sector can’t function’
Social care crisis

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: ‘The sector can’t function’

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GPs threaten to bring ‘NHS to a standstill’ with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal
NHS

GPs threaten to bring ‘NHS to a standstill’ with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal

Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors
Behind the scenes

Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors

Delta Goodrem on ‘angel’ healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis
Music

Delta Goodrem on ‘angel’ healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis

Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
Izzy G

Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter

How Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban became a fight between individual freedom and public health
Smoking ban

How Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban became a fight between individual freedom and public health

‘Enormous’ number of privatised NHS services across the UK, mapped: ‘This is bad for everyone’
Healthcare

‘Enormous’ number of privatised NHS services across the UK, mapped: ‘This is bad for everyone’

There’s a mental health crisis in NHS, says writer and comedian Adam Kay: ‘So little is being done’
Mental health

There’s a mental health crisis in NHS, says writer and comedian Adam Kay: ‘So little is being done’

NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs
Recruitment crisis

NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs

Early ‘pills by post’ abortions service could be made permanent by MPs
Health

Early ‘pills by post’ abortions service could be made permanent by MPs

The doctor who gave up her career to fight NHS privatisation
NHS

The doctor who gave up her career to fight NHS privatisation

Doctors and MPs join ‘save the NHS’ protest outside parliament
NHS

Doctors and MPs join ‘save the NHS’ protest outside parliament

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?
Social Justice

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?

National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise
Employment

National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise

Experts join forces to tackle ‘entrenched’ North/South health inequality
News

Experts join forces to tackle ‘entrenched’ North/South health inequality