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‘Consultants are incredibly angry over pay and working conditions’: BMA Consultants Committee chair on decision to strike
We speak to Dr Vishal Sharma, a consultant cardiologist and chairs the British Medical Association’s Consultants Committee.
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Senior doctors in England vote for two-day strike – but nurses strikes set to end
Senior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted to strike for two days next month.
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Why is the NHS performing worse than similar other health systems?
We spoke to Siva Anandaciva, chief analyst and author of the King’s Fund report, and began by asking him whether he thought the main reason for poor health outcomes was down to a lack of investment.
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NHS performing ‘substantially less well’ than health systems in similar countries, study finds.
The NHS is performing substantially less well than health systems in similar countries, according to a detailed study from the influential think tank, The King’s Fund.
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Homeless families stuck for decades in temporary accommodation
There are warnings from homeless charities that the mortgage squeeze is further deepening the housing crisis, with Shelter saying the number of people stuck in temporary accommodation is now at ’emergency levels’.
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Lockdown was a ‘radical idea’ – Covid inquiry hears from key government advisors at the time – Victoria MacDonald reports.
Today, Professor Sir Chris Witty, Chief Medical Officer, and Sir Patrick Vallence, Chief Scientific adviser, at the time gave evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
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David Cameron refusing to say austerity had no impact on pandemic ‘flies in face of scientific opinion’, says health expert
We spoke to Sir Michael Marmot, a leading expert on health inequality who had earlier told the inquiry that austerity had made the pandemic worse.
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David Cameron admits not enough done in government preparation for pandemic like Covid-19
David Cameron has admitted that not enough was done to confront the possibility of a pandemic caused by an asymptomatic disease similar to Covid-19.
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‘This is an emergency’ – Chris van Tulleken on how our diet is killing us
Chris van Tulleken’s latest book, ‘Ultra-Processed People’, explores how ultra-processed food is designed to fuel addiction and is creating an epidemic of diet-related disease.
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NHS England wait times reach record high
The Prime Minister made cutting NHS waiting lists one of his priorities for this year.
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Covid generation: MPs warn of damage of pandemic on England’s kids
An entire generation of children in England could be damaged by the impact of the covid pandemic, without more effective government intervention, MPs have warned.
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Can weight loss injection tackle UK’s £40bn obesity bill?
GPs in England may start offering weight-loss injections to some patients to target obesity.
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Baroness Hallett: Covid inquiry head issues public rebuke to government
The Covid inquiry and the government continue to lock horns.
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Mental health: young people say care system is ‘failing’
A survey of hundreds of young people with severe mental health issues has found that most had to deal with very poor levels of care in NHS hospitals.
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Allegations of bullying within maternity programme of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
It was created with the very best of intentions – to help hospitals learn lessons when a baby or mother is harmed or dies.