Healthcare
One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
![pensioner poverty ageing population](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/claudia-love-L30rgHYSyuU-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
The crises facing Keir Starmer and his new government are complex and numerous. But the crisis of an ageing population is one we can't ignore
Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OUR-IMPACT-Health-Wellbeing.png?w=768)
Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors
'The pain was too much': Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to 'racial prejudices'
![black woman's healthcare/ tessa](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image0000011.jpg?w=768)
'The pain was too much': Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to 'racial prejudices'
Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all
Healthcare for trans youth is a human right – it should matter to us all
'Gin, pliers and brute force:' Dentists accuse Rishi Sunak of forcing Brits to pull their own teeth
'Gin, pliers and brute force:' Dentists accuse Rishi Sunak of forcing Brits to pull their own teeth
Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn't only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?
![norman ward](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/a90921bd-c87d-4e08-8f37-cc3b9af7c9c41-copy.jpeg?w=768)
Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn't only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?
'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
![disposable vape ban](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/e-liquids-uk-WEkV2evLFG4-unsplash.jpg?w=739)
'Illegal vapes are already flooding the market': What impact will disposable vapes ban really have?
Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare
![liverpool](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/prakasam-mathaiyan-RQx46NlAX_k-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare
There's a mental health crisis in NHS, says writer and comedian Adam Kay: 'So little is being done'
![Adam Kay](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LTMYS_Hero_Adam-Kay.jpg?w=768)
There's a mental health crisis in NHS, says writer and comedian Adam Kay: 'So little is being done'
Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to 'wake up'
![Reception area in an NHS hospital](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1589-paul-mcnamee-2A88MGW.jpg?w=768)
Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to 'wake up'
The NHS is in crisis – and time is not on its side
![Reception area in an NHS hospital](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1589-paul-mcnamee-2A88MGW.jpg?w=768)
The NHS is in crisis – and time is not on its side
'He begged mummy to take him home': Autistic man 'abused' while being kept in mental hospital for six years
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-design-2023-09-22T094439.818.jpg?w=768)
'He begged mummy to take him home': Autistic man 'abused' while being kept in mental hospital for six years
As the NHS turns 75, let’s celebrate it – and fight for it
![Sign saying Thank You NHS](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1571_Opinion_shutterstock_1713644248_edit.jpg?w=768)
As the NHS turns 75, let’s celebrate it – and fight for it
Even funding the NHS properly won't solve all the problems caused by austerity
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1548-GPS_big_issue_austerity_rgb.jpg?w=768)
Even funding the NHS properly won't solve all the problems caused by austerity
The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/22080291229_a1d614dff6_o.jpg?w=768)
The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis
Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/annie-spratt-PXZEg4hnyVw-unsplash-scaled-e1641484376935.jpg?w=768)
Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%
'Entirely predictable' NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/r-o-FFA8yd4OynY-unsplash-scaled-e1641408336778.jpg?w=768)
'Entirely predictable' NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/marcel-scholte-LPurJnihmQI-unsplash-scaled-e1641306030795.jpg?w=768)
NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year
Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Midwife-Image-1.png?w=768)
Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
'If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back': Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/48035643371_424c8feaf4_o.jpg?w=768)
'If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back': Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
How to get a free flu jab and Covid vaccine booster as the winter sets in
![A nurse gives a woman a flu jab in Scotland](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/8135371655_84de6fa5b0_o.jpg?w=765)
How to get a free flu jab and Covid vaccine booster as the winter sets in
Masks may be going, but hidden disabilities aren't so easily cast aside
![](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hidden-Disabilities-Neil-Juggins.jpg?w=768)