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Healthcare

Even funding the NHS properly won't solve all the problems caused by austerity
Jaimie Kaffash

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
NHS crisis

The NHS is 'past the point of no return' say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis

What is polio and why is it back?
A young boy receives a drop of the polio vaccine
Polio

What is polio and why is it back?

500 nurses and midwives are quitting every week
NHS

500 nurses and midwives are quitting every week

Daily testing for critical workers labelled ‘hopelessly inadequate’ as it will only reach 1%
Covid

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
NHS

'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
NHS staffing crisis

NHS facing Covid staff crisis in 'busiest week' of the year

Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
Maternity crisis

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
ADHD

'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
Health

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
Health

Masks may be going, but hidden disabilities aren't so easily cast aside

Tips and advice for anyone affected by dementia
An elderly woman tlaks with a younger woman on a park bench
Health

Tips and advice for anyone affected by dementia

What can I do to reduce my risk of dementia?
What can I do to reduce my risk of dementia? Image credit: Kamila Maciejewska / Unsplash
Health

What can I do to reduce my risk of dementia?

Why PM's mental health pledges will fall short until families have more cash
One in five adults reported depression symptoms earlier this year, twice the rate recorded before the pandemic. mental health
Health

Why PM's mental health pledges will fall short until families have more cash

Diagnosing with data
NHS doctor and nurses
Health

Diagnosing with data

Here's what happens when you leave your body to science
Health

Here's what happens when you leave your body to science

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue readers share their own experiences of Britain's mental health care
Health

Big Issue readers share their own experiences of Britain's mental health care

The reality of Britain's underfunded, overburdened mental health services
Health

The reality of Britain's underfunded, overburdened mental health services

Dr Christian: Our NHS hasn't kept pace and it's "deeply flawed"
Health

Dr Christian: Our NHS hasn't kept pace and it's "deeply flawed"

Commuters urged to save a life through small talk
Health

Commuters urged to save a life through small talk

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