Health

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out
Illustration of a hypodermic needle
Fight for justice

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out

'He begged mummy to take him home': Autistic man 'abused' while being kept in mental hospital for six years
Mental Health Act

'He begged mummy to take him home': Autistic man 'abused' while being kept in mental hospital for six years

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of 'Victorian' diseases
A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of 'Victorian' diseases

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?
disposable vape ban
Disposable vapes

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
Woman working on laptop in the garden
Heatwave

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?

Women in North East of England nearly twice as likely to die early from suicide, addiction or domestic homicide
Health inequalities

Women in North East of England nearly twice as likely to die early from suicide, addiction or domestic homicide

‘The DWP took away my disability benefits. I've had so many tribunal dates I've lost count'
dwp
Disability benefits

‘The DWP took away my disability benefits. I've had so many tribunal dates I've lost count'

How much does the NHS cost the UK compared to healthcare spending in other countries?
NHS crisis

How much does the NHS cost the UK compared to healthcare spending in other countries?

The climate crisis risks putting more homeless people in hospital as temperatures rise
homelessness and the climate crisis
Climate crisis

The climate crisis risks putting more homeless people in hospital as temperatures rise

Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave
Heatwave

Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained
Health

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained

The devastating impact the cost of living crisis is having on the cost of dying
An image from The Cost of Dying exhibition by Margaret Mitchell
Photography Exhibition

The devastating impact the cost of living crisis is having on the cost of dying

Niamh Algar: ITV drama Malpractice exposes uncomfortable truths about NHS
Niamh Algar as Dr Lucinda Edwards in Malpractice
Interview

Niamh Algar: ITV drama Malpractice exposes uncomfortable truths about NHS

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?
Sick pay

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home
Housing advice

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes
Pollution

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes

'Neurodivergent tax' is a price autistic people like me have to pay
Copies of the Beano laid out
Pete Wharmby

'Neurodivergent tax' is a price autistic people like me have to pay

What the NHS bed shortage means for patients who are homeless and have nowhere to go
Image of hospital worker/ public services
NHS crisis

What the NHS bed shortage means for patients who are homeless and have nowhere to go

Doug Johnstone: How a stroke led to my first contact with aliens
Doug Johnstone's new science fiction book was inspired by the writer's stroke. Illustration: Rosie Barker
sci-fi

Doug Johnstone: How a stroke led to my first contact with aliens