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Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence
Photo shows a man working on a laptop with his head in one hand
Louise Ansari

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence

Healthwatch England's Louise Ansari says workers who are silent about their ADHD are a worrying sign of people left to fend for themselves
The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it
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Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it

Mental Health Bill leaves 'dangerous gaps' which could threaten our human rights
One in five adults reported depression symptoms earlier this year, twice the rate recorded before the pandemic. mental health
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves 'dangerous gaps' which could threaten our human rights

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave
Heatwave

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave

How I cured my hypochondria
Health

How I cured my hypochondria

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children's health is getting worse in the UK
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Child poverty

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children's health is getting worse in the UK

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

We need to end health inequalities for trans and non-binary people – let's start with GP services
Louise Ansari

We need to end health inequalities for trans and non-binary people – let's start with GP services

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here's how they can deliver
Mark Heffernan

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here's how they can deliver

Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North
An aerial photograph of Liverpool.
Professor Amelia Lake

Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North

I was drinking three bottles of wine a day and totally losing control. Here's how I got my life back
Nicky Wake

I was drinking three bottles of wine a day and totally losing control. Here's how I got my life back

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
police officer uses naloxone
Drugs

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here's why
Dr Beccy Cooper

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here's why

Gaza's health workers need more than thoughts and prayers – they need protection
Damage in the Gaza strip
Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan

Gaza's health workers need more than thoughts and prayers – they need protection

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer's government? Maybe. But only on one condition
NHS

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer's government? Maybe. But only on one condition

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?
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NHS

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour's 10-year plan really save it?

MPs must vote down Labour's benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
disability benefits cuts protest
Mikey Erhardt

MPs must vote down Labour's benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake

Thousands of disabled people face ten-month wait for benefits due to DWP backlog
Disability benefits

Thousands of disabled people face ten-month wait for benefits due to DWP backlog

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote

It never crossed my mind I might need disability benefits. Now I don't know where I'd be without PIP
Haitham Elmasri
Disability benefits

It never crossed my mind I might need disability benefits. Now I don't know where I'd be without PIP

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour's benefit cuts could make them homeless
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour's benefit cuts could make them homeless

Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?
Employment

Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?