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What is polio and why is it back?
What is polio and why is it back?
Health authorities in the UK have declared a national incident after poliovirus was detected in sewage samples.
GPs are facing ‘daily abuse’ as violent assaults at surgeries double in five years
GPs are facing ‘daily abuse’ as violent assaults at surgeries double in five years
The BMJ links the increase in violence to the rise in GPs leaving the profession.
500 nurses and midwives are quitting every week
500 nurses and midwives are quitting every week
New figures also reveal the NHS’s increasing reliance on nurses and midwives trained overseas.
Mums Stronger Together: How business leaders are tackling maternal mental health stigma
Mums Stronger Together: How business leaders are tackling maternal mental health stigma
Hospital cleaners and security guards win battle to be brought in-house as NHS employees
Hospital cleaners and security guards win battle to be brought in-house as NHS employees
Health and care bill: Why are people protesting against the ‘NHS privatisation bill’?
Health and care bill: Why are people protesting against the ‘NHS privatisation bill’?
High Court bans striking hospital staff from ‘waving banners’ and making ‘any loud noise’
High Court bans striking hospital staff from ‘waving banners’ and making ‘any loud noise’
Adam Kay: ‘Before the pandemic the NHS was running on empty and it turned out those were the good old days’
Adam Kay: ‘Before the pandemic the NHS was running on empty and it turned out those were the good old days’
High Court to decide on ‘GP surgery privatisation’ by US healthcare giant
High Court to decide on ‘GP surgery privatisation’ by US healthcare giant
Hundreds of hospital workers begin two-week strike over pay
Hundreds of hospital workers begin two-week strike over pay
NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
NHS should explore four-day work week to ease staffing crisis, says top doctor
Climate change is increasing hospital admissions in England
Climate change is increasing hospital admissions in England
‘Entirely predictable’ NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
‘Entirely predictable’ NHS staff crisis risks derailing plan to tackle 5.8 million patient backlog
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NHS facing Covid staff crisis in ‘busiest week’ of the year
NHS facing Covid staff crisis in ‘busiest week’ of the year
Adam Boulton on why we can be cautiously optimistic for 2022
Adam Boulton on why we can be cautiously optimistic for 2022
ADHD waiting times ‘crisis’ as patients face seven-year wait for NHS diagnosis
ADHD waiting times ‘crisis’ as patients face seven-year wait for NHS diagnosis
Why students in the UK are struggling to book their Covid vaccine
Why students in the UK are struggling to book their Covid vaccine
We’re bringing back clapping for the NHS – but this time we’ll be Clapping For Action
We’re bringing back clapping for the NHS – but this time we’ll be Clapping For Action
Like Scrooge, Boris Johnson needs to change his ways before it’s too late
Like Scrooge, Boris Johnson needs to change his ways before it’s too late
‘They disgust me to the core’: Frontline workers react to the Downing Street Christmas party
‘They disgust me to the core’: Frontline workers react to the Downing Street Christmas party
Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
Underfunded and overworked: Midwives reveal extent of NHS maternity crisis
#PostYourPill: The trend aiming to destigmatise mental health medication
#PostYourPill: The trend aiming to destigmatise mental health medication
‘If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back’: Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
‘If I stopped using speed it would be a massive step back’: Life with undiagnosed adult ADHD
Doctors and MPs join ‘save the NHS’ protest outside parliament
Doctors and MPs join ‘save the NHS’ protest outside parliament
Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?
Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?
45 years in the NHS: ‘If you don’t love your job, you won’t get nowhere’
45 years in the NHS: ‘If you don’t love your job, you won’t get nowhere’
Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at ‘highest ever level’
Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at ‘highest ever level’
Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren’t learnt from Covid health inequalities
Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren’t learnt from Covid health inequalities
Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
Universal credit cut: Senior NHS nurse says she goes to work worrying about bailiffs
Universal credit cut: Senior NHS nurse says she goes to work worrying about bailiffs
Exclusive: The government is asking paramedics to become HGV drivers
