We need to look beyond economics on smoking, drinking and obesity
The tension between supporting big business and tackling the harm it causes bedevils public health policy.
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How to turn the life sciences “superpower” ambition into reality
Partnership between the NHS, industry and research institutes is crucial to enable the UK to reach its clinical research potential.
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What would a National Care Service look like?
Health and social care experts came together to discuss how a Labour government could transform the sector.
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How will data and advancements in technology impact the NHS?
At the New Statesman’s Future of Healthcare conference, policymakers discussed the role that new technological frontiers will bring to the…
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What are the key questions Labour needs to answer in 2024?
As we head into an election year, Keir Starmer still has to win over the electorate on a plethora of…
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Why we need a new way of thinking about obesity
The former health minister and chair of Business for Health on why intervention is needed in a broken junk food…
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What went right in 2023?
It’s been a long year, but there were some policy wins, too
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The UK must learn from international experiences of the pandemic
So far, the Covid inquiry has considered little evidence from abroad.
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