Health

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?
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Health inequality

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?

Jessica Allen, deputy director at University College London's Institute of Health Equity, explains how the eight Marmot Principles can improve the health of a local population
The hidden cost of going unseen and unheard
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The hidden cost of going unseen and unheard

Bringing sight to your doorstep: How Specsavers Home Visits are transforming eye care access
Specsavers optometrist conducting eye test with client in community setting as part of Home Visits program for people experiencing homelessness
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Bringing sight to your doorstep: How Specsavers Home Visits are transforming eye care access

How Specsavers are helping to transform healthcare access in Edinburgh
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How Specsavers are helping to transform healthcare access in Edinburgh

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: 'We have reinvented a Victorian problem'
Hygiene poverty

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: 'We have reinvented a Victorian problem'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How I cured my hypochondria
Health

How I cured my hypochondria

'Now I know what's wrong with my hearing'
Artistic illustration showing two people communicating with flowing sound waves in green and blue tones, representing hearing health and audiology services for Big Issue vendors through the Specsavers partnership
Health

'Now I know what's wrong with my hearing'

Mental health patients find it 'impossible to get help' amid Manchester care crisis: 'It makes you ill'
Rachel Tulley and Craig Hamilton
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?
a mural of a man pulling back a shirt to reveal a
NHS

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

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: 'We are right to give people a choice'
Kim Leadbeater in the House of Commons
Assisted dying

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: 'We are right to give people a choice'

We ignore 'forgotten' diseases like leprosy at our peril
Diseases

We ignore 'forgotten' diseases like leprosy at our peril

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'

Sound advice: why ear health matters – and how easy it is to check yours
Two silhouetted figures stand on a curved path surrounded by layered, abstract paper-cut shapes in shades of green and teal, creating a tunnel-like effect that suggests depth and exploration, modelled on the human ear.
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Sound advice: why ear health matters – and how easy it is to check yours

Eight simple steps to transform the way you listen
Mental health

Eight simple steps to transform the way you listen

Our approach to mental health isn't working – here's what needs to change
Mental health

Our approach to mental health isn't working – here's what needs to change

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation
Lockdown

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political
Health

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care
Green party co-leader Carla Denyer seen speaking at a Specsavers event calling for inclusive eye care for homeless people
Health

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

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that
Dentist Neil Sikka
Health

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that

This life saving-clinic is helping homeless people breathe better – and reducing strain on the NHS
Homelessness

This life saving-clinic is helping homeless people breathe better – and reducing strain on the NHS

Cancer is even more deadly when you're homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that
health navigators at homeless hostel
Homelessness

Cancer is even more deadly when you're homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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'

Our partnership with Specsavers is bringing dignity, support and clear vision to vendors
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Our partnership with Specsavers is bringing dignity, support and clear vision to vendors

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Two people in vests work on the Covid memorial wall
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do... anything?
Healthcare workers march through London during the pandemic. Image: Unsplash
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do... anything?