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People with mental health issues can go to therapy, can seek help and learn to manage their conditions. But it’s important to remember that sometimes there is no happy ending

The Reform party now contains a group of prominent christian conservatives who have learned from the US that the way to ban abortion is through the slow erosion of rights

The UK’s first safer drug consumption facility finally opened its doors in January 2025. In a year, it has saved scores of lives and helped the UK’s most stigmatised community feel connected again. So why is it still plagued by controversy?

Last April’s Supreme Court ruling left a community shocked almost into silence. This is what they have to say about fear, defiance and the future

Changes to the mental health act by the Labour government overlooked the most important problems of all

I had a large wound with a machine attached to it, but for some reason the doctors couldn’t help. I was assertive and received help – but it shouldn’t have to be that way

The government thinks neurological conditions are being “over-pathologised” and the Tories that mental health diagnoses are costing too much money in benefits payments. Why are they so clueless?

We have never paid so much tax and received so little in return. Worst of all, no one in Whitehall or Downing Street will ever take the blame

The symptoms of the menopause are often severe and help can be thin on the ground. Well done Wes Streeting for finally doing something about it

Crumbling hospitals and rock-bottom morale can’t be mended by crude league tables and dogma of the past

If the government wanted to win over a large part of the electorate, surely we are the group to appeal to, not Reform voters?

Weight loss jabs really can help people to slim down. But that’s when the problems start

A crackdown on visas for so-called lower-skilled migrant workers will have a devastating effect on an already creaking sector

Two hours in a Tel Aviv hospital was enough to convince the right wing journalist that Israel's insurance-based healthcare is better than the NHS. But is it?

Wes Streeting has taken a scythe to the nation's health services. Will it work?

If you are neurodiverse, there’s a strong possibility that the health secretary doesn’t believe you

Reform’s leader has been touting a French-style health system that is coming under increasing pressure

Fears that we are on “a slippery slope" to widespread euthanasia are misplaced

It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters

Putting a cherished but broken NHS at the centre of a complex moral argument is fraught with danger

Pressure is on John Swinney’s government as price rises are doing little to stop teenage drinking habits

Many of us are hoping the prime minister's policy doesn't stray from pragmatic to heavy-handed

The health secretary Wes Streeting has the daunting task of overhauling the NHS amid increasing financial strain

The prime minister's 'sicknote culture' wrongly blames the mentally ill for the country's economic problems

Despite the pandemic and record waiting lists, health spending has gone up less than was promised

Much of the criticism the NHS receives is given by the ministers who helped create its problems

For children and vulnerable adults, some level of state-enforced restriction can be benign

As Keir Starmer tries to redefine what it means to be English, Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears ask what really lies behind our patriotic political myths

Even with planned changes to the sponsorship rules, the risk of exploitation among care workers will remain

Targeting ill and disabled people is a desperate move from the prime minister. Sick, you might say