Health

Government just incinerated PPE worth £1.4bn. Here’s how that money could’ve been better spent
A modest proposal

Government just incinerated PPE worth £1.4bn. Here’s how that money could’ve been better spent

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
Learning Disability Week 2024

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Learning Disability Week 2024

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals

Emilia Clarke feared being fired from Game of Thrones after brain injury
Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke feared being fired from Game of Thrones after brain injury

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work
Employment

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work

Junior doctors announce five-day strike right before the general election: ‘We’re fed up’
Strikes

Junior doctors announce five-day strike right before the general election: ‘We’re fed up’

Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what’s stopping us?
Oliver Chantler

Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what’s stopping us?

‘The pain was too much’: Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to ‘racial prejudices’
Health

‘The pain was too much’: Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to ‘racial prejudices’

I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty
Statutory Sick Pay

I’m a cancer patient. I have to work from hospital during treatment or risk falling into poverty

How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
Employment

How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work

Ultra-processed food is often blamed for obesity – but we should be looking at government policy
Mark Game

Ultra-processed food is often blamed for obesity – but we should be looking at government policy

‘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’

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

Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all
Chiara Capraro

Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all

‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars
Hygiene poverty

‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars

Tory minister Mel Stride sparks backlash after claiming mental health culture has ‘gone too far’
Mental health

Tory minister Mel Stride sparks backlash after claiming mental health culture has ‘gone too far’

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Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn’t only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?
Assisted dying

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn’t only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?

It’s a ‘surprise’ more homeless children haven’t died in temporary accommodation, charity says
Homelessness

It’s a ‘surprise’ more homeless children haven’t died in temporary accommodation, charity says

Cost of living or Generation Snowflake? Boomers and Gen Z disagree on causes of youth mental health crisis
Mental health

Cost of living or Generation Snowflake? Boomers and Gen Z disagree on causes of youth mental health crisis

This ex-Big Issue vendor spent seven years homeless. Now she’s using her experience to help others
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This ex-Big Issue vendor spent seven years homeless. Now she’s using her experience to help others