Leader: Mr Hancock and the chumocracy
Under the former cabinet minister, the Department of Health became a den of rampant nepotism.
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Matt Hancock resigns as Health Secretary – but serious questions remain
The Health Secretary has failed to address the conflict of interest over Gina Colandangelo’s appointment as a taxpayer-funded aide.
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How the UK lost control of Covid-19 cases again
As coronavirus cases flatline in other Western countries, they have surged in Britain to 11,625.
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Rachel Clarke’s Diary: Hancock vs Cummings and the medical miracle of the human heart
Every day a heart will beat more than 86,000 times; this powerhouse of evolutionary engineering kicks Teslas, Ferraris and superyachts into touch.
NHS 111 is a political project – and proof providing healthcare on the cheap only makes matters worse
Why the round-the-clock helpline is a false economy.
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Surrogacy snaps the mother-baby bond in two – we should not celebrate it as progress
For defenders of the industry, it is the genetic link that matters, not the long months of pregnancy that transform…
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How NHS waiting times were at a record high even before Covid-19
Austerity left the health service struggling to cope with patient demand long before the pandemic.
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Ben goes into surgery and I end up doing what I’d hoped to avoid: pacing and watching the clock
For the last 30 years Ben’s life has had a lot of doctors in it, but still, general anaesthetics and surgery…
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