NHS

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

NHS workers in Manchester’s mental health services have accepted a deal for more funding and called off strikes – but they fear problems persist more widely in mental health teams across the country

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’
Music

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’

Pop artist Jessica Winter spent her childhood in and out of hospital. It shaped her music – and her politics

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

‘These are people who don’t have access to some of life’s most basic necessities – not just shelter, but health 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’

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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

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

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

‘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

‘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?

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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