Our overdiagnosis crisis
Amid a sharp rise in mental health conditions, critics say we have started to pathologise “ordinary human unhappiness”.
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Is the assisted dying bill doomed?
Wes Streeting’s intervention has added to the momentum against the legislation.
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Rachel Reeves’ Budget will stabilise the NHS – but only reform will save it
Health needs that aren’t met in primary care simply turn up in secondary care.
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For assisted dying to work, GPs need to know their patients
Ending a life must be a choice made between alternatives; not one taken because of a failure to provide proper…
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Weight-loss drugs and the supremacy of thinness
Anyone who has struggled with weight or eating disorders has dreamt of a magical fix. Now, it seems, we have…
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David Goodhart’s care delusion
The UK faces a falling fertility rate and a crisis in social care. Must women bear the blame?
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Questions remain over NHS youth gender care, despite Cass Review
One of the services treating the Tavistock's former patients appeared to be taking cues from American healthcare guidelines.
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Caution should prevail on the assisted dying bill
It is far easier to give the right to an assisted death than to take it away.
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