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NHS

Doctor’s Note: Poachers, gamekeepers and the health sector’s revolving door problem

Dr Joe McManners
24 May, 2021

There are many examples of public servants becoming private consultants, to the extent where it can be considered to be an established career path, argues Dr Joe McManners

Urgent action is needed to save Britain’s social care system

Janet Sillett
17 May, 2021

Social care needs radical thinking, a large injection of government funding, and urgent reform.

London mayoral candidates pledge to resist private takeover of GP practices

Josiah Mortimer
5 May, 2021

But Sadiq Khan hasn’t responded, campaigners say.

UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

Mental health issues quadruple among NHS workers during Covid-19 – major study finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 April, 2021

The largest study to date into the effect of the pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers reveals an alarming rise in stress, anxiety, and depression.

GP

Doctor’s Note: How the Covid crisis became a mental health crisis – and what to do about it

Dr Joe McManners
21 April, 2021

Across the country, GPs are witnessing a surge in mental health issues. It’s time to deal with the root causes, writes Dr Joe McManners.

The NHS shows the way in approaches to climate change

Laurie Laybourn-Langton Matthew Lawrence
16 April, 2021

The NHS is the model of how the state can democratise action on climate change.

REVEALED: UK is the world’s biggest producer of medical cannabis – but Brits can’t access it

Josiah Mortimer
14 April, 2021

Almost no NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis are being issued, despite the UK being the world’s biggest producer.

NHS

Doctor calls government actions ‘complete dereliction of duty’ at People’s Covid Inquiry

Samantha Wathen
9 April, 2021

A consultant has attacked the government’s handling of PPE procurement during the pandemic

Man with mask holding vaccine

Doctor’s Note: It is the NHS that deserves the ‘Vaccine Bounce’

Dr Joe McManners
22 March, 2021

‘The NHS itself is almost perfectly designed for this task,’ says Dr Joe McManners

The Greens have joined calls to increase the NHS pay rise

Chris Jarvis
8 March, 2021

At their conference, the Greens joined unions in demanding a 15 percent rise for all NHS health and care workers

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