NHS
How kindness became big business
In those moments when I most fear that the West is on the skids, I find it helps to make…
Letters: The Tavistock is a national health scandal
The race isn’t run Sir: Bravo Fiona Unwin (‘Rooting for Rishi’, 6 August) for the best piece I have read…
Portrait of the week: Energy bills up, NHS waiting lists down and hosepipes off
Home Energy bills will be £4,266 for a typical household by January, according to the consultancy Cornwall Insight, which had…
Good riddance to the Tavistock
Most push notifications that pop up on my tablet concern impending catastrophe. But last week, one newsflash made my day.…
The small NHS failings that let down patients like my mother
The NHS is letting down patients in small, crucial ways
Why the Tavistock clinic had to be shut down
There are many reasons why what is sometimes crudely called ‘the trans issue’ is important. One is the political failure…
Letters: What William Blake meant
Procurement profligacy Sir: In response to Susan Hill’s query ‘Who allows the profligacy in NHS hospital procurement to continue?’ (‘Best…
Medical emergency: general practice is broken
General practice is broken
The endless tiny errors of the NHS
I wrote recently elsewhere about Jeremy Hunt’s good new book examining unnecessary deaths in the NHS. Someone should write a…
How hard is it to see an NHS dentist?
Biergate Sir Keir Starmer was facing the scandal of ‘beergate’. Biergate is a lane in the Lincolnshire village of Grainthorpe.…
What happened to Tory radicalism?
Whatever advantages money may have brought Rishi Sunak as he rose to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, his wealth has…
Are we falling out of love with the NHS?
Clap for carers now feels like ancient history. Public satisfaction with the NHS is at its lowest since 1997, according…
The cancer care timebomb that desperately needs to be fixed
As many as 100,000 patients had a cancer that was missed, or had their diagnoses or treatments delayed during the…
The surreal purgatory of A&E
‘This is my father, and his pronoun is he,’ said the builder boyfriend, checking his dad into Accident and Emergency.…
The problem with the UK's transgender clinic
This is not a good time to be a girl. Research from Steer Education last month showed that far too…
Letters: In defence of the police
A health-care disaster Sir: Kate Andrews’s piece on who really controls the NHS (‘Waiting game’, 12 February) gives us a…
Portrait of the week: Queen Camilla, a cabinet rejig and NHS waiting list warning
Home In a message for the 70th anniversary of her accession, the Queen said it was her sincere wish that…
Revealed: how the NHS waiting list will hit 9.2 million
Who really controls the NHS?
Downing Street’s growing problem
In answers to questions following his statement in the Commons on Monday, Boris Johnson let drop an interesting statistic. He…
Why should I be sacked for refusing the Covid vaccine?
Why should I be sacked for refusing the Covid vaccine?
When did the anti-vaxx movement begin?
No vax There is nothing new about the anti-vax crowds supporting Novak Djokovic. Organised protest in Britain began with the…
Masks in schools: how convincing is the government's evidence?
Why has the government changed its mind and asked children to wear masks in school? When Plan B was announced…
Boris Johnson rejects lockdown (again)
Boris Johnson latest Covid press conference was slightly confusing. The Prime Minister spent nearly an hour saying nothing particularly new.…
How to cure what ails the NHS
Wrong cure Sir: In referring to the UK as the highest-spending European nation in healthcare proportionate to GDP (‘Hospital pass’,…
Punishing the unvaccinated threatens everyone's liberty
How should we treat the unvaccinated? Should we stop them from participating in normal life? Castigate them in the media?…
