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There were more protests in Britain last year than at any time since the 1970s.
Britain’s local healthcare system of small time gatekeepers should become stronger networks of powerful providers.
Fertility treatments might be designed to improve rather than save lives but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be publicly funded.
When one in six hospitalisations of older patients are due to harm from their medicines, then something is going seriously wrong.
Treating the sick is not sustainable. We need to stop them getting sick in the first place. So why is the government cutting public health budgets?
Jeremy Hunt’s solution to cutting deaths in hospitals at the weekend is to increase staff levels. But is it just a fudge?
In my final column, I look at how care in the NHS depends upon strong relationships between staff members.
David Cameron promised a seven days a week GP service by 2020, but without considering the possible knock-on effects
We often get the facts wrong, but how we feel about austerity has serious consequences for the political class.
Pharmaceutical companies aim to make a profit, but it took an industry insider to blow the whistle on some exorbitant drug costs the NHS was paying.
Having ‘approved’ poor quality, privacy-busting and clinically dubious apps, the NHS Health App Library closes - but it didn’t need to be this way.
Noisy bedtimes and MRSA – how patient experiences can address issues during hospital stays.
A parliamentary bill aims to assuage fears that innovative treatment will lead to doctors being sued – but the problem doesn’t exist.
Research shows that patient care suffers when minority ethnic healthcare staff are unfairly treated.
When cold weather hits, heating costs can be a matter of life and death. So why are community groups the front line and not government?
The health secretary should consider the history of his predecessors all the way back to Aneurin Bevan when it comes to keeping doctors happy.
The NHS has always used incentives to shape doctors’ behaviour but the latest payments are a blunt instrument.
Bullying isn’t just about the victim and the aggressor – everyone in the workplace plays their part.
NHS moves to help staff become healthier but GPs are under pressure.
A staggering 20% of senior management positions remain empty in the NHS – a figure that goes up to 37% in mental health. As demand for health and social care services go up in a context of recession and…



















