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How I cured my hypochondria
Health

How I cured my hypochondria

Will Rees’ first book is a meandering, contemplative history of hypochondria in literature and medicine with asides on contemporary culture
‘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’

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?

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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’

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

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

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

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

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
NHS

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

Mental health

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Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights
One in five adults reported depression symptoms earlier this year, twice the rate recorded before the pandemic. mental health
Dr Thomas Peck

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

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more
Laura Cooke

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’
Edinburgh Fringe

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest
Sam Delaney

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest