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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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We need universal access to occupational health

WEBA key part of tackling economic inactivity must be ensuring universal access to occupational health. Put simply, everyone who needs support to stay in work should …

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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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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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Why we need a new way of thinking about obesity

WEBThe true cost of obesity to both individual health and the economy is increasingly clear. The ONS calculates more than 15 million people in England are …

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Job centres are the front line for mental health services

WEBIn these unstable times, in parallel to the broader NHS crisis, Britain faces a mental health crisis.Mental illnesses triggered by the fallout from the Covid-19 …

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How can a preventative approach to health and care help …

WEBExperts came together at the New Statesman’s Path to Power conference to discuss how a new government could transform the nation’s health. Labour has pledged …

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Healthcare: Fixing sick Britain

WEBThe New Statesman's quick and essential guide to the news and politics of the day. The best way to sign up for Morning Call is via morningcall.substack.com. Job title. …

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

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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We need to look beyond economics on smoking, drinking …

WEBConversely, shifting spending from retail to hospitality would create a few more jobs, but lower-paid ones. Unlike the impact on specific industries – with increased …

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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 …

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The government is launching an all-out assault on people with …

WEBIt is true that mental illness is impacting the workforce. Last year, more than a million people were given a sick note by doctors for a mental health condition, …

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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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How can the UK boost its life sciences sector to improve patient

WEBThe fight against Covid-19 united the government, research institutes, the pharmaceutical industry and civil society in working to achieve a common goal. As the …

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The government is running before it can walk on NHS digital

WEBIn his Budget last week, the Chancellor vowed to transform the NHS digitally. Jeremy Hunt pledged £3.4bn towards boosting the health service’s …

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The Conservatives have created a mental health crisis

WEBBy Abena Oppong-Asare. Former Conservative Party MP Dan Poulter defected to Labour on 27 April 2024 based on the Conservatives' record on the NHS …

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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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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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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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The strange death of conservatism

WEBThe 21 rebels included Kenneth Clarke, Philip Hammond, David Gauke, Justine Greening, Rory Stewart and – symbolic of the party’s disconnection from its …

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Is Labour’s Child Health Action Plan fit for purpose

WEBThis month, Labour released a Child Health Action Plan, which lays out how it would improve young people’s health and well-being if the party wins the next general …

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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 thinking behind Keir Starmer’s pledges

WEBThese “first steps” clearly hark back to New Labour’s pledge card in 1997, which promised policies such as reducing class sizes to below 30, not raising taxes and …

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The Policy Ask with Habib Naqvi: "Policymakers should …

WEBHabib Naqvi is the chief executive of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, which works to identify and tackle ethnic inequalities in health. He has been working in …

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Parrot’s pint lost

WEBIt’s my round, because I owe Ben many a pint, and we take our drinks to our seats. I take a small sip, decide the beer is good, and listen while Ben tells me more …

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Whitehall civil servants encouraged to get “affordable private

WEBWhitehall civil servants encouraged to get “affordable private healthcare” amid NHS crisis. Civil servants have been sent an email offering them the chance to …

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