NHS

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers
Mathew Hulbert

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers

It’s now three years since Just Treatment’s Mathew Hulbert lost his mother following a fall at her home. Since then, Labour have come into power with big promises to fix the NHS but are yet to deliver the improvements Britain desperately needs, he writes

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: ‘Life is not easy’
Mental health

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: ‘Life is not easy’

With pressures on mental health services at breaking point, it’s time to rethink our understanding of what is normal, says neuropsychiatrist Dr Alastair Santhouse

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?

Millions of Brits lined the streets to clap for NHS and key workers during the Covid pandemic. But what happened when the clapping stopped?

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
Rahima Begum

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic

Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money
Learning disabilities

Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money

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How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK’s horror homes could pay for itself
Housing

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK’s horror homes could pay for itself

There’re many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say
NHS

There’re many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say

Man fighting incurable cancer has his wheelchair stolen: ‘It’s very disappointing’
Cancer

Man fighting incurable cancer has his wheelchair stolen: ‘It’s very disappointing’

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change
Fiona Hazell

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans
NHS

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS
Mike Phillips

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the 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

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

‘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

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

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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

Starmer wants a ‘dramatic reimagining’ of the NHS. What does that mean for you?
NHS

Starmer wants a ‘dramatic reimagining’ of the NHS. What does that mean for you?

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