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Can “virtual wards” fix the NHS’s state of emergency?

As health workers go back on strike, Adrian Boyle of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says the government’s plan…

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Nurses and paramedics are fighting poor pay and conditions. Somehow the government needs to find the money to reverse years…

By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

The co-inventor of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab on careers in clinical research, future pandemics and vaccine hesitancy.

By Sarah Dawood

Body Mass Index was invented by a statistician to define the “average man”. Why is it pushing women to extreme…

By Emma Haslett

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How fostering innovation is key to securing the health of the nation

By Susan Rienow

Iain Kennedy, the chair of BMA Scotland, on why charging wealthier patients will reduce NHS funding and widen the health…

By Sarah Dawood

UK policymakers and experts reveal the legislation and policy initiatives they have their eye on as parliament returns.

By Spotlight

Taking into account what wages can buy, nurses in the UK earned less than the average of the 20 EU…

By Aisha Majid