Health

Streeting urges doctors to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS

The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has urged doctors to work with the government on its plans to change the NHS and to “stop sabre-rattling” on industrial action over pay.Streeting...

Painful memories of the struggle to breastfeed | Letters

Reading Niamh Campbell’s article on breastfeeding brought back painful memories for me (‘Like a cheese grater raking across...

Kate’s recovery is great news – but be wary of a soft-focus view of life after chemo | Hilary Osborne

I am trying to imagine what a film announcing my recovery from cancer would have looked like. Probably...

Covid inquiry: Johnson and Hancock accused of making ‘false’ NHS claims

Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock have been criticised by bereaved families at the Covid inquiry for trying to...

Imagine your friend survives a catastrophic accident. What do you do? This is what I learned

What’s the best way to support a friend who has had a life-shattering, traumatic accident? I didn’t have...

Do you really want a divorce? Or are you just ‘getting divorcey’?

A friend of mine has a useful phrase to describe an experience I think many of us can relate to: she calls it “getting...

Ruth Davidson: ‘It took me ages to work out that people weren’t any better than me’

I’m a Scottish mongrel. I grew up in a village in Fife, but was born in the Scottish Borders to working-class parents. My dad...

Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus

Africa’s first batch of mpox vaccines will this week finally reach the continent, weeks after they have been made available in other parts of...

Victims of UK’s infected blood scandal to start receiving payouts by end of year

A new authority set up to properly compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal is due to start making payments by...

Dutch beach restaurants add sunscreen ‘shots’ to menu in fight against cancer

Zand Katwijk doesn’t just serve food and drinks – this beachside restaurant offers “shots” of sunscreen too. It is one of 160 hospitality venues around...

How do you best choose an Australian aged care facility and what do the star ratings mean?

The star rating system of aged care homes was introduced in December 2022 to help older people and their families compare the quality and...