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Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it’s facing an urgent financial crisis
Suzannah Young

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it’s facing an urgent financial crisis

Ex-homeless people, care leavers, veterans and disabled people can live independently with the help of supported housing. But the sector is in financial crisis and needs urgent action to prevent thousands of vulnerable people losing their homes, writes the National Housing Federation’s Suzannah Young

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights

Flaws in the new Mental Health Bill emphasise the need to hold private healthcare companies accountable, writes Dr Thomas Peck, a lecturer in medical law and ethics at Lancaster University

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone
Kate

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone

Kate*, a survivor of sexual exploitation now a mental health practitioner, explores how current rules are stopping victims in the UK from getting the counselling they need

Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
Letters

Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer’s government? Maybe. But only on one condition
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Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer’s government? Maybe. But only on one condition

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Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’
Mental health

Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour’s 10-year plan really save it?
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The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour’s 10-year plan really save it?

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it

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’

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?
Spending Review

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?

Charities are a lifeline for people who struggle to access NHS services – but they’re under threat
Lisa Weaks

Charities are a lifeline for people who struggle to access NHS services – but they’re under threat

Patients are dying and facing ‘horrible tragedies’ due to Manchester’s mental health care crisis, staff say
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing ‘horrible tragedies’ due to Manchester’s mental health care crisis, staff say

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care
Health

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care

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

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’

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?

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

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

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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
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‘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