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Niamh Algar: ITV drama Malpractice exposes uncomfortable truths about NHS
Interview

Niamh Algar: ITV drama Malpractice exposes uncomfortable truths about NHS

Niamh Algar says starring in new drama Malpractice has made her see “how tough it is for health workers” in the modern-day health service

6 common myths about strike action, from salaries to public support
Strike action

6 common myths about strike action, from salaries to public support

Do you know how much a junior doctor earns? Misinformation is rife when it comes to the salaries of workers going on strike, so we’ve got the facts

‘No doctor wants this’: Junior doctors explain why they’re on strike
NHS crisis

‘No doctor wants this’: Junior doctors explain why they’re on strike

Junior doctors on strike tell The Big Issue why they can’t continue working on current pay and conditions while at a rally in Trafalgar Square, central London.

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty
TV gets political

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home
Housing advice

What to do if you have damp and mould in your home

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March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 
Employment

March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 

What is social prescribing and could it help ease the NHS mental health crisis?
Mental health

What is social prescribing and could it help ease the NHS mental health crisis?

What the NHS bed shortage means for patients who are homeless and have nowhere to go
NHS crisis

What the NHS bed shortage means for patients who are homeless and have nowhere to go

What happens when nurses go on strike?
NHS staffing crisis

What happens when nurses go on strike?

In praise of those on the NHS front line
Letters

In praise of those on the NHS front line

What it’s like being a doctor in our broken NHS
NHS Crisis

What it’s like being a doctor in our broken NHS

Thousands of ambulance staff and nurses strike over pay and conditions
NHS crisis

Thousands of ambulance staff and nurses strike over pay and conditions

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider
Disability

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider

Here’s when and where nurses are going on strike
NHS

Here’s when and where nurses are going on strike

Sherlock star Lara Pulver: ‘Maternal is political. No doubt’
working mums

Sherlock star Lara Pulver: ‘Maternal is political. No doubt’

Even funding the NHS properly won’t solve all the problems caused by austerity
Jaimie Kaffash

Even funding the NHS properly won’t solve all the problems caused by austerity

How much does the NHS cost the UK compared to healthcare spending in other countries?
NHS crisis

How much does the NHS cost the UK compared to healthcare spending in other countries?

4 big issues Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer failed to address in their speeches
Politics

4 big issues Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer failed to address in their speeches

As more children wait for mental health treatment, we need to remember teachers are not social workers
Louisa Rose

As more children wait for mental health treatment, we need to remember teachers are not social workers

The NHS is ‘past the point of no return’ say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis
NHS crisis

The NHS is ‘past the point of no return’ say junior doctors bearing the brunt of the NHS crisis

‘My elderly mother was in an ambulance for 18 hours. But A&E was worse’: This is the desperate state of the NHS
NHS crisis

‘My elderly mother was in an ambulance for 18 hours. But A&E was worse’: This is the desperate state of the NHS

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For those in the ambulance service, strike days are no different from business as usual
Ambulance strikes

For those in the ambulance service, strike days are no different from business as usual

Nurse and ambulance strikes are supported by more than two-thirds of the British public, says YouGov
Strikes

Nurse and ambulance strikes are supported by more than two-thirds of the British public, says YouGov

The NHS staffing crisis won’t be fixed until it solves its problem with racism
Kate Osamor

The NHS staffing crisis won’t be fixed until it solves its problem with racism

How people with learning disabilities are stepping up to help the NHS recruitment crisis
NHS staffing crisis

How people with learning disabilities are stepping up to help the NHS recruitment crisis