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Health policy

23 July 2024

  • Doctor with stethoscope around her neck and a digital tablet

    NHS finances so dire that whole service may collapse, says spending watchdog

  • Three people stand behind protective screening while they wear PPE at a Covid testing centre

    UK must move towards disease prevention to save economy and NHS, says expert

22 July 2024

  • Kim Duckworth with Fletcher who has global development delay which affects all areas of his life.

    The Guardian picture essay
    ‘There’s something special about making a difference’: community nurses step up – a photo essay

  • A Jobcentre Plus sign on the outside of a building

    Integrate NHS services and job centres to get more people working, report says

21 July 2024

  • A crowd of people wearing orange hats hold placards saying 'Pay restoration for doctors'

    Nearly half of UK public think junior doctors are underpaid, survey finds

  • A GP with a patient: the C the Signs AI tool is used in about 15% of GP practices in England.

    GPs use AI to boost cancer detection rates in England by 8%

20 July 2024

  • A young female junior doctor holds a board saying 'Pay restoration for doctors' on the picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital, London, on a sunny July 2, 2024.

    Pay bodies to recommend 5.5% rise for teachers and NHS staff, report says

    Above inflation deal could lead to government having to find an extra £10bn in total across the public sector

19 July 2024

  • Two women in face masks walk past a wall with many hearts drawn on it.

    UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts

  • Aidan Kelly

    I treat transgender children – banning puberty blockers is not a decision for politicians to make

    Aidan Kelly

18 July 2024

  • Petra Fleming in front of Covid wall of remembrance with red hearts

    ‘Bittersweet’: Covid report does not go far enough, say bereaved families

  • Obscured police officer outside Downing St with Hancock and Hunt walking past

    Hunt to Hancock: six politicians in the frame in Covid inquiry report

  • Relatives of those who died of Covid-19 stand outside the inquiry holding pictures of their loved ones

    ‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state

  • Covid-19 pandemic inquiry<br>EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY JULY 18 File photo dated 06/10/23 of a member of the public observing the National Covid Memorial Wall, a public mural painted by volunteers to commemorate the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, opposite the Houses of Parliament in London. Failures to properly prepare for a pandemic in the UK are expected to be laid bare on Thursday as the UK Covid-19 Inquiry publishes its first report, which is expected to highlight the UK's focus on preparing for a flu pandemic instead of a coronavirus pandemic. Issue date: Thursday July 18, 2024. PA Photo. Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett will report on how well the UK was able to face a deadly outbreak in the run up to 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic swept across Britain. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

    Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response

17 July 2024

  • A care home worker carries a meal to a room

    Health groups call for social care minimum wage to avert staffing crisis in England

    Warning on ‘cycle of low wages’ comes as government pledges in king’s speech to introduce fair pay agreement
  • A generic bedside blood-pressure check on a patient by a nurse

    The Guardian view on hospices: these special places can’t afford to be hidden

    Editorial: Palliative care charities are facing a funding crisis – they should be included in Lord Darzi’s review of the NHS
  • People vaping on Oxford Street in London

    Health leaders hail Labour’s plans to phase out smoking as ‘gamechanging’

    Modernisation of mental health laws also among raft of bills experts say will improve health of future generations

16 July 2024

  • A GP measures a man's blood pressure in his surgery.

    Call for action on UK men’s health as 133,000 die early every year

  • Doctor and patient in a consulting room at a GP surgery

    To save the NHS, Labour must consult GPs, not echo chambers

  • An older man sitting on the edge of a bed holding a cane

    Hospital discharges limiting home care in England, councils say

  • A close-up of an elderly man holding a walking stick

    Fifth of UK hospices cutting services amid funding crisis, finds report

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