Councils are key to mental health. When local government sneezes, the NHS catches a cold
Over the last ten years, we’ve seen inspirational work done on a national level to help combat the…
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Labour’s NHS plans are not future proof
The year is 2024. A decade ago, you presented at London’s Royal Free Hospital A&E with a broken…
Sharon Hodgson: We must do better on cancer
This month, the NHS70 celebrations are focussing on cancer. Many of us will have our lives touched by…
Luciana Berger: A humane response – putting mental wellbeing at the heart of the NHS
When it comes to attitudes to mental illness, society has come a long way. Yet within the NHS,…
Kate Green: To celebrate the NHS, let’s recognise the contribution of migrants
From offering a welcome to the first resettled Syrian family in England to being home to the first…
How a Labour MP and a different approach eventually saved my autistic son
I’m Isabelle, mum to two extraordinary young people. One of them, Matthew, is autistic and has learning disabilities…
The Labour Party, our NHS and my autistic son
Autism is a word many hear of but not so many understand. My son Bowie, named after the…
Rory Palmer: Labour MEPs won’t let NHS patients suffer through a bad Brexit deal
As on so many other things, Theresa May’s record on Brexit and the NHS is one of failure.…
A Pandora’s box of Carillion-type meltdowns has opened among NHS trusts
The moves by NHS trusts in England to set up subsidiaries and avoid paying tax are creating a…
Now is the time to act boldly – we must future-proof cancer care
As the NHS reaches 70, I’m extremely proud to recognise the long-lasting partnership Macmillan Cancer Support has had…
