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Failed by the system?
Evie Wilson was a promising young artist. Her death at the age of 24 shows, in the words of her GP father, a lack of ‘shared understanding’ between the parts of the health service meant to serve vulnerable patients
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4 weeks ago |
Voting with their feet
Doctors will continue to leave the NHS in large numbers unless working conditions are improved, according to a new BMA report
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1 day ago |
The importance of compassion in mental healthcare
The Government’s benefit reforms suggest people with mental health problems are ‘less than’ those with physical health problems. It’s dangerously misguided, writes Andrew Molodynski
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6 days ago |
Hear my concerns
Deafness is a common condition but it can feel like society’s ‘best kept secret’, says deaf doctor Natasha Wilcock. She tells Tim Tonkin about discrimination, the particular challenges of the pandemic, and working in a specialty where communication skills are key
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6 days ago |
New network to support deaf and hard of hearing healthcare staff
For Deaf Awareness Week, neurology consultant Helen Grote discusses the importance of the new National Deaf and Hard of Hearing network for NHS staff
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1 week ago |
'Moral duty'
GP and environmental activist Sarah Benn says her five-month suspension makes no sense and may deter others – but not her – from peaceful protest
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2 weeks ago |
Junior doctors in Northern Ireland announce more strike dates
Further rounds of industrial action planned after talks with health minister break down
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2 weeks ago |
