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What does an ageing population mean for the future of healthcare

WebIn the decade between 2011-2021, the number of people aged over 65 in the UK increased from 9.2m to 11m. Britain’s health and care systems are buckling under …

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The promise of prevention

WebAn important lesson to build on coming out of the pandemic is the role prevention has in increasing the resilience of populations and the economy. We’ve seen …

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Workplace well-being: why employers should invest in mental health

WebThere is not only a moral case for doing so – well-being support has clear links with higher productivity, lower employee turnover and increased financial returns, …

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Who is responsible for our health

WebAbout half (48 per cent) of respondents felt that corporations, such as the food and drink industry, should bear responsibility for our health, closely followed by the …

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Why China’s economy is less healthy than it looks

WebChina was the only major economy to experience growth last year, as its industrial sector continued to expand. Following a year-on-year contraction of 6.8 per …

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How will the uptake in private healthcare impact the NHS

WebIn 2021/22, 38 per cent of nurses who left their NHS registered nursing job but stayed in work moved into roles in private hospitals, agencies, or charities. “I speak …

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Scientists are united to end malaria in our lifetimes

WebSupport 110 years of independent journalism. Amid the scale of devastation caused by the disease, there is now a glimmer of hope. Malaria cripples health systems …

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How the Corbynite left hit self-destruct

WebThis is a story about four left-wing Labour politicians – John McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and Diane Abbott – and how they carried forward the cultural …

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Can Labour’s ten-year NHS plan revolutionise long-term healthcare

WebIn England, the burden of long-term health conditions affects an estimated 25 million people.While the NHS’s recovery plan and the soon-to-be-published Major …

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Future proofing the NHS

WebThis article is a New Statesman summary of a Pfizer-sponsored panel at the 2023 Future of Healthcare Conference, 31 October 2023. [See also: Parkrun founder: …

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Does AI know you better than you know yourself

WebThe bot listed foods Maxwell should avoid (processed, high-sugar) and ones to focus on (wholegrains, lean protein). “It may also be helpful to track your calorie intake …

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How would a Labour government fix the NHS

WebImproving public health, through prevention, earlier diagnosis and faster treatment, will be a priority for the next Labour government. With the longest waiting …

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We need to decentralise the NHS

WebThe public may be committed to principles of the NHS, but it need not be centrally organised and planned. It will always be a National Health Service in name, but …

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What do we really know about ‘Starmerism’

WebBut what are the principles behind the man and his project? What do we really know about ‘Starmerism’? Freddie Hayward, political correspondent, is joined by George …

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Prioritising private healthcare increases inequalities, says union

WebThe latest NHS statistics in September 2022 found 133,446 vacancies, a vacancy rate of 9.7 per cent, of which 9,053 were for doctors and 47,496 were for …

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Are you mentally ill, or very unhappy

WebIn recent months there has been extensive coverage of an unfolding mental health crisis. Government figures suggest that, since the start of the pandemic, the …

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How Fight Club explores psychology and mental illness

WebFight Club, in many respects, is a direct reflection of this theory. Tyler Durden becomes overwhelmed by his alter-self to the point where he rebukes the character entirely. In …

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“Ugly, gouty, fat”: the problem of Queen Anne’s body

WebA Victorian scholar of Alexander Pope introduced the Queen as “ugly, corpulent, gouty, sluggish, a glutton, and a tippler”. In 1848, Agnes Strickland wrote, “Few of those to …

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Rosena Allin-Khan: "This is Tory Britain, where we examine patients …

WebAllin-Khan tells bleak stories: suicidal young people who can’t access mental health; there’s nowhere safe or private to examine someone with bowel cancer …

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The assault on Rafah has begun

WebThe same obstacles to peace remain: Israel will not accept anything but a strictly temporary ceasefire. Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers want a deal freeing the …

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How the SNP lost itself in hyper-liberalism

WebSupport 110 years of independent journalism. Scotland’s hegemonic progressive regime was a chimera. Labour should take note. By John Gray A political …

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The Tory doomscroll

WebThe bloodbath in the Blackpool South by-election – the third biggest Conservative-to-Labour swing since the Second World War, in which Reform lost out on …

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The dark reality of Netanyahu’s postwar vision

WebAnshel Pfeffer, senior columnist for Haaretz newspaper, wrote on 11 April that despite quantifiable achievements, such as the number of Hamas fighters the IDF claims …

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Why David Lammy is courting France

WebSupport 110 years of independent journalism. Labour is building deeper European relations in advance of a potential Trump victory this November. By Freddie …

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The dark side of the wellness industry

WebThe dark side of wellness has always been inseparable from its optimistic insistence that we can all be our own doctors, our own gurus. The modern cult of …

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Young people are too ill to work

WebThis unemployment can be attributed to the sharp rise in mental health conditions, worsened by long NHS waiting lists. In 2021-22, more than a third (34 per …

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Tired stereotypes of the long-term sick have returned

WebFive months later, they have released updated figures, but the outlook on health and disability has only got worse. Another 200,000 people have been added to …

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The case against therapy in schools

WebIn her new book, the American journalist Abigail Shrier suggests an answer: not just the bad therapy referred to in the title, but also bad therapists, self-styled …

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This is not normal

WebSupport 110 years of independent journalism. Labour’s gains show the Conservatives face something far worse than a normal-sized general election defeat. By …

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