Health care

'I went to A&E with a migraine. It was a rare brain tumour. Sometimes I feel it’s not fair'
Cal Petrie (left) with his twin brother Brodie during his time in hospital
Brain tumour research

'I went to A&E with a migraine. It was a rare brain tumour. Sometimes I feel it’s not fair'

The government has promised action to support people living with brain tumours. It was good news for people like Cal Petrie who was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive and fast-growing form of brain cancer, called pineoblastoma
The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring?
torn heart
 Emily Holzhausen

The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring?

Meet Holly, who's spending her first Christmas outside hospital in years: 'Things do get better'
Mental health

Meet Holly, who's spending her first Christmas outside hospital in years: 'Things do get better'

Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD 'over-diagnosis'
Rowan Humphries-Massey

Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD 'over-diagnosis'

Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: 'It's essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble'
Letter To My Younger Self

Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: 'It's essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
A chancellor of the exchequer holding the briefcase containing the government's budget.
Abortion

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

The NHS is the 'big winner' from Reeves' spending review – but there will be 'difficult trade-offs'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting.
Spending Review

The NHS is the 'big winner' from Reeves' spending review – but there will be 'difficult trade-offs'

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?

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: 'The sector can't function'
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Social care crisis

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: 'The sector can't function'

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal
NHS

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal

Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors
Behind the scenes

Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors

Delta Goodrem on 'angel' healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis
Music

Delta Goodrem on 'angel' healthcare workers and advice Olivia Newton-John shared after cancer diagnosis

Why Sunak's benefit cuts and crackdown on 'sick note culture' harms children like my daughter
Prime minister Rishi Sunak in a white shirt sat at his desk in front of a Union Jack flag
Izzy G

Why Sunak's benefit cuts and crackdown on 'sick note culture' harms children like my daughter

How Rishi Sunak's smoking ban became a fight between individual freedom and public health
Smoking ban

How Rishi Sunak's smoking ban became a fight between individual freedom and public health

'Enormous' number of privatised NHS services across the UK, mapped: 'This is bad for everyone'
Healthcare

'Enormous' number of privatised NHS services across the UK, mapped: 'This is bad for everyone'

There's a mental health crisis in NHS, says writer and comedian Adam Kay: 'So little is being done'
Adam Kay
Mental health

There's a mental health crisis in NHS, says writer and comedian Adam Kay: 'So little is being done'

NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs
Recruitment crisis

NHS recruitment crisis worsens as private sector pay growth reaches record-breaking highs

Carers 'devastated' at end of free Covid tests amid record infections
A coronavirus lateral flow test
Cost of Living Crisis

Carers 'devastated' at end of free Covid tests amid record infections

Early 'pills by post' abortions service could be made permanent by MPs
Health

Early 'pills by post' abortions service could be made permanent by MPs

The doctor who gave up her career to fight NHS privatisation
NHS

The doctor who gave up her career to fight NHS privatisation

Doctors and MPs join 'save the NHS' protest outside parliament
NHS

Doctors and MPs join 'save the NHS' protest outside parliament

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?
levelling up
Social Justice

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?

National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise
Nurses voted to reject ministers' offer of a three per cent pay rise. National insurance rise
Employment

National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise

Experts join forces to tackle 'entrenched' North/South health inequality
Academics said racism in healthcare was driving down health levels in ethnic minorities
News

Experts join forces to tackle 'entrenched' North/South health inequality