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Society

  • Alcoholic drinks on a table

    Great Britain has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds

  • A brick wall with FOODBANK and an arrow covering it

    Deprivation linked to higher second cancer risk among England breast cancer survivors

    Cambridge study finds those from poorest areas have 35% higher risk of second non-breast cancer
  • Matthew Caseby

    Father of man who died after neglect at Priory calls for investigation into second hospital

    The group’s facility near Manchester, where four women died, ‘should be prosecuted’, says Richard Caseby
  • Lily Lucas

    Inquest finds gross failings in care of woman who drank too much water

  • Man pushes woman in wheelchair on path next to a beach

    Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers

  • Gloved hands manipulate a liquid nitrogen-filled tank container human embryos.

    IVF patients ‘devastated’ after US clinic destroyed but still implanted embryos, suit says

  • Exploratory laparoscopy and surgical hysteroscopy (Uterine fibroids, endometriosis). Limoges hospital.<br>H1M7TE Exploratory laparoscopy and surgical hysteroscopy (Uterine fibroids, endometriosis). Limoges hospital.

    Share your experience of accessing private medical care in the UK

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Interviews & opinion

  • Dr Hilary Cass

    ‘Children are being used as a football’: Hilary Cass on her review of gender identity services

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    There is a perfect time to shower – and it’s not when you think

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Lisa Mosconi

    Neurology professor Lisa Mosconi: ‘Menopause is a renovation project on the brain’

  • Hilary Osborne

    I was stunned when diagnosed with cancer. Then I had to work out how to tell my son

    Hilary Osborne
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In mind: focus on mental health

  • Peyo the horse licks the hands of Roger, a patient at the palliative care centre at Calais Hospital.

    ‘Doctor Peyo’: the horse comforting cancer patients in Calais – in pictures

  • illustration

    An illness in the shadows: life with borderline personality disorder

    BPD is one of the mental illnesses we still know least about, but now there is hope of a treatment
  • Yoni Yehuda, an Israeli psychotherapist, with Jack Daniels.

    Cats, camels and a Jesus lizard: the rise of animal-assisted therapy

    Once considered eccentric, using animals in psychotherapy is becoming popular as research reveals benefits
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My working week

  • A woman waits in the shadows

    My working week: ‘I wonder who buys sex from the vulnerable women I try to help’

  • ‘Minor changes make a big difference for disabled people.’

    My working week: 'Julie is disabled and the only one in her team made redundant'

  • GPs have had to adapt patient care during the pandemic.

    My working week: 'A patient arrives at my GP surgery with Covid symptoms'

  • ‘Faith feels lost after the removal of her children. So much of what she knows about herself is as a mother.’ Picture posed by model.

    My working week: 'Fiona's son was taken into care a year ago. Today is his birthday'

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Health

  • A doctor holds a patient's hand at a desk

    Fair Access
    Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals

  • Dairy cattle feeding at a farm as a bird looks on

    Science
    From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast

    As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about why this development has taken scientists by surprise, and how prepared we are for the possibility it might start spreading among humans
  • Women hug on floor of legislature

    Arizona
    Arizona house votes to repeal state’s near-total ban on abortion

    Three Republicans join Democrats to support repeal of law first approved in 1864, with measure now heading to state senate

  • Parkinson's disease
    The struggle to access good Parkinson’s care

  • Mental health
    Burnout is not a disease, but a symptom of an unhealthy work culture

  • New Jersey
    New Jersey woman receives pig kidney along with mechanical heart pump

Blood, sweat & tears

  • Patient receiving chemotherapy

    Watching my cancer patients go through treatment alone is heartbreaking

    Lucy Gossage
    Covid-19 has made this year tougher for those experiencing treatment and those of us who work in cancer care
  • Surgery

    I tried to take my life five years ago. Now I'm grateful to be alive

    Anonymous surgeon
  • Emergency service ambulance with blue lights flashing

    There's a patient I'll never forget. Their burns and screams still haunt me

    Anonymous
  • A protestor outside the Scottish parliament building

    My husband is in a care home. I visit him for 30 minutes each week in a car park

    Anonymous
  • Catherine Pointer University of Southampton general hospital

    I was diagnosed with cancer at 14. Now I work alongside a doctor who treated me

    Catherine Pointer
  • Anonymous as told to Sarah Johnson

    I'm disabled but was told I won't receive critical care if I get Covid. It's terrifying

    Anonymous as told to Sarah Johnson
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Social care

  • Mother and child are sitting on windowsill.

    Children in care – there’s one in every classroom

  • Sir William Beveridge pictured in 1943

    Ignorance still stalks the land

  • Lemn Sissay seated with his hands resting on the table in front of him

    Lemn Sissay: ‘brilliant’ plans to improve child social care ignored by ministers

  • Zoe Williams

    Of course a society that demonises poverty will try to prosecute vulnerable, unpaid carers

    Zoe Williams
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Central & local government

  • Tony Travers

    Elected mayors have made their mark, but still Westminster hogs power. That’s a national embarrassment

    Tony Travers
  • Protester with yellow placard reading: Tory Rwanda 'plan' finally reaches peak insanity. VOTE THEM OUT!

    Sunak ‘confident’ civil service will enact Rwanda bill despite legal concerns

  • A polling station.

    ‘Like the Somme without the generals’: Tory nerves grow as local elections loom

  • A voter placing a ballot paper in a ballot box.

    Don’t let the Tories deprive you of your vote next month – check your photo ID today

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Voluntary sector

  • Marathon runners passing under a bridge

    ‘Glorious day’: London Marathon organisers hail 2024 event as records fall

  • 'Follyfoot' TV -<br>Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/Shutterstock (1003474aa) 'Follyfoot' TV - 1973 - Four Legged Hat - Dora [Gillian Blake], Ron Stryker [Christian Rodska] 'Follyfoot' TV -

    Letter: Christian Rodska obituary

  • The photographer’s children help decorate bags for welcome packs

    Wet weather but a warm welcome at Glasgow’s Refuweegee – a photo-essay

  • An elated Martha Lane Fox on Mount Snowdon on Saturday. ‘It was much harder going down,’ she said.

    ‘I was very nearly dead’: high achiever Martha Lane Fox is now on a mission to conquer mountains

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Housing

  • ‘To let’ signs dot a street in south London.

    Thursday briefing: How Michael Gove’s ‘new deal’ for renters went sour

    • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Rishi Sunak after a press conference in Berlin.

      Sunak claims defence spending plan won’t affect government’s ability to cut taxes – as it happened

    • Angela Rayner speaking at PMQs

      Angela Rayner tells ministers to focus on no-fault evictions, not her house sale

    • Angela Rayner in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket at a construction site

      Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner?

    • Anthony Bowers

      Tony Bowers obituary

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