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CAPTION: A protester holds a picture of Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh, who died in an Israeli prison, and chants slogans through a megaphone during the demonstration in Parliament Square. SOPA Images / Reuters

Report: NHS Doctors Face Crisis of ‘Institutional Discrimination’ for Speaking Out on Gaza

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: Doctors tell Novara Media that harsh sanctions for social media posts and pressure from pro-Israel groups is making their professional lives untenable and robbing the NHS of talent. Harriet Williamson reports.

Novara Live: Israel Bombs Gaza’s Only Catholic Church

Israel has bombed Gaza’s sole Catholic church, killing three and injuring a priest. Plus: The Labour schism over welfare cuts continues, and why James O’Brien is wrong about the doctors’ strike. With: Dalia Gebrial, NoJusticeMTG and Brian Leishman MP.

NHS lanyards with watermelon image on top and a cross made with Israeli flag colours

Report: Revealed: How Pro-Israel Lawyers Threatened NHS Over Palestine Badges

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: UK Lawyers for Israel pressured a London NHS trust to ban symbols of Palestinian solidarity among staff. Three healthcare workers are now taking legal action against the trust for discrimination. Harriet Williamson reports.

adhd woman

Feature: Is the ‘Uber of Psychiatry’ Actually Helping People?

John Lubbock

Psychiatry UK’s income has more than doubled in the last year, while patients report being summarily dropped from its services, writes John Lubbock. Is for-profit, on-demand mental healthcare what patients need?

Mad Youth Organise protest outside Priory Roehampton.

Long Read: Former Priory Patients Tell of ‘Traumatic’ Privatised Mental Health Treatment

Harriet Williamson

The Priory Group receives over £2bn a year from UK taxpayers - and for what? Harriet Williamson reports on force-feeding, untrained agency staff, criminal safety failures and the ‘mad’ youth activists who aren’t having it any more.

Opinion: The Scandal-Hit US Health Insurance Company Deeply Embedded in the NHS

John Puntis

US health companies which have used AI to deny giving patients care are providing NHS services. The government must stand up to them, argues John Puntis.

A woman gives a thumbs up

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Two percentage points of economic growth would mean an extra £24bn in taxes - but Britain’s public services need an extra £142bn a year just to restore 2000s standards. Put this way, the chancellor's fixation on growth appears delusional, writes James Meadway.

hilary cass

Report: The Government’s Impartial Trans Healthcare Reviewer Isn’t so Impartial, Colleagues Claim

Rivkah Brown

Two paediatric healthcare professionals allege that Dr Hilary Cass recommended that they read gender-critical literature and expressed her dismay at medical transition. Rivkah Brown reports.

A woman with a bobbed haircut stands outside of 11 Downing Street smiling

Opinion: Austerity Is Back, Baby

Matteo Tiratelli

Rachel Reeves imagines Blackrock will fill the void left by her deliberate under-investment, writes Matteo Tiratelli. Where have I heard that one before?

Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. REUTERS

Opinion: Starmer Has Already Perfected the Art of Doing the Least

Rivkah Brown

Labour’s first-week “announcement blitz” featured a pledge from Reeves not to build council houses and Miliband’s “completely fabricated” ban on new oil and gas licenses. Welcome to Starmerism, writes Rivkah Brown – hope you ate before you came.

Analysis: How Labour’s Islington North Candidate Made Millions From NHS Privatisation

Steven Methven

Novara Media has probed the financial affairs of Praful Nargund and found that should he become an MP, he may be in a position to legislate on NHS privatisation while also benefiting from it.

Report: Labour Deletes ‘The NHS Is Not for Sale’ From Its Manifesto

Rivkah Brown

The party’s 2024 manifesto has removed the clause agreed upon at the last conference. Is soon-to-be health secretary Wes Streeting trying to tell us something? Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: The Tories Are Fast-Tracking Misery While They Still Can

Moya Lothian-McLean

Punitive, miserable policies are the death rattle of a government facing electoral armageddon, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Report: US Health Companies Are Winning NHS Contracts Despite Dodgy Track Records

Andrew Kersley

Chronically ill NHS patients are fighting back against plans to privatise their services. Andrew Kersley reports.

tubs of formula milk with security tags on them

Feature: Parents Are Having to Steal Formula Milk. Make It Free Again

Sarah Woolley

National Milk fed 85% of British babies in 1974. As £19 formula pushes parents to desperation, why aren’t we bringing it back? Sarah Woolley reports.

Opinion: Banning Puberty Blockers Won’t Stop Young People Taking Them

Vic Parsons

NHS England’s plan to stop providing puberty blockers to trans teenagers will only force people to get them via illicit means, argues Vic Parsons.

Man with toothache at dentist

Analysis: How Did British Dental Care Get So Awful?

Ell Folan

11 million people are currently waiting to see an NHS dentist. 90% of practices aren’t taking new patients. The problem goes way deeper than the pandemic, writes Ell Folan.

Protesters outside the St Thomas Hospital as nurses took strike action in February. Hesther Ng / SOPA Images/Sipa US via Reuters Connect

Report: Nurses Tell of Disappointment With Latest NHS Pay Offer

George Walker

The relationship between the RCN and its members is becoming increasingly strained as the union encourages health workers to accept a 5% pay rise having initially argued for 19%.

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