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Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone
a therapist with a client
Kate

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

Kate*, a survivor of sexual exploitation now a mental health practitioner, explores how current rules are stopping victims in the UK from getting the counselling they need
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 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'

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?
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The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it
Trussell campaigner Amie Alissa Watson
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it

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

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

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?
Rachel Reeves
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?

What could be in Rachel Reeves' spending review – and what should be?
Spending Review

What could be in Rachel Reeves' spending review – and what should be?

Charities are a lifeline for people who struggle to access NHS services – but they're under threat
Lisa Weaks

Charities are a lifeline for people who struggle to access NHS services – but they're under threat

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say
NHS workers in Manchester strike
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: 'It can be tough doing music with a disability'
Music

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: 'It can be tough doing music with a disability'

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care
Green party co-leader Carla Denyer seen speaking at a Specsavers event calling for inclusive eye care for homeless people
Health

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers
An NHS ambulance
Mathew Hulbert

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: 'Life is not easy'
Mental health

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: 'Life is not easy'

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?

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I'd be resuscitated in the pandemic
Rahima Begum

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I'd be resuscitated in the pandemic

Learning disability services have faced 'drastic reduction in funding' despite saving NHS money
Kerry Martin speaking at the report launch event in the Houses of Parliament on 6th Feb. Credit: Maya Roberts
Learning disabilities

Learning disability services have faced 'drastic reduction in funding' despite saving NHS money

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK's horror homes could pay for itself
DIY
Housing

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK's horror homes could pay for itself

There're many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say
NHS

There're many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say

Man fighting incurable cancer has his wheelchair stolen: 'It's very disappointing'
Cancer

Man fighting incurable cancer has his wheelchair stolen: 'It's very disappointing'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change
Person holding somebody's hand in hospital
Fiona Hazell

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans
nhs workers protesting
NHS

'I have patients in pain waiting years': Healthcare workers 'cautious' about Labour's NHS plans

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS
Mike Phillips

My daughter died after waiting hours for an ambulance. We need to save the NHS

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It's pushing staff to the edge
a mural of a man pulling back a shirt to reveal a
Claire Goodwin-Fee

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It's pushing staff to the edge

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