NHS

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It’s pushing staff to the edge
Claire Goodwin-Fee

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It’s pushing staff to the edge

The NHS winter crisis is not just about overflowing hospital corridors and delayed treatments – it’s about the toll it takes on the very people who hold the system together, writes Claire Goodwin-Fee

My son turned green and vomited his own faeces – and doctors still didn’t take his condition seriously
Health

My son turned green and vomited his own faeces – and doctors still didn’t take his condition seriously

Five-year-old Fletcher has raised more than £1,000 to help children with bowel conditions like him

‘It had to be a medical miracle’: Behind the scenes of Casualty’s emotional Christmas special
Roxanne Harvey

‘It had to be a medical miracle’: Behind the scenes of Casualty’s emotional Christmas special

This year’s special festive episode of the long-running medical drama shows a Christmas medical miracle, writes Casualty executive producer Roxanne Harvey

‘I was restrained for hours’: Mental health hospitals accused of ‘re-traumatising’ patients
Mental health

‘I was restrained for hours’: Mental health hospitals accused of ‘re-traumatising’ patients

‘Vulnerable’ young mental health patients discharged into caravans, B&Bs and onto the street
Mental health

‘Vulnerable’ young mental health patients discharged into caravans, B&Bs and onto the street

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The Tories wasted £131bn of taxpayer cash in five years. Here’s how it could’ve helped fix Britain
A Modest Proposal

The Tories wasted £131bn of taxpayer cash in five years. Here’s how it could’ve helped fix Britain

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
Plan for change

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?
Rachael McKeown

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
Social care

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say

‘It’s hell on Earth’: British doctors recall seeing ‘unimaginable suffering’ in Gaza
War in Gaza

‘It’s hell on Earth’: British doctors recall seeing ‘unimaginable suffering’ in Gaza

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk
Oliver Chantler

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk

NHS must ‘reform or die’ warns Starmer after report finds health service is in ‘critical condition’
NHS

NHS must ‘reform or die’ warns Starmer after report finds health service is in ‘critical condition’

Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children’s suffering
Helen Minnis

Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children’s suffering

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’

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they’re missing out
Letters

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they’re missing out

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: ‘Terrible things are happening’
Mental health

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: ‘Terrible things are happening’

‘An act of desperation’: GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years
Employment

‘An act of desperation’: GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years

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

Letters: I’m an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here’s what private school taught me
Letters

Letters: I’m an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here’s what private school taught me

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One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
James Rose

One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population

‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
Politics

‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?

Dear Keir Starmer, I’m a single mum and NHS worker. Please don’t make me regret voting for you
Tayyaba Siddiqui

Dear Keir Starmer, I’m a single mum and NHS worker. Please don’t make me regret voting for you

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