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Multicultural Man: Oh, and I have cancer
The predicament of cancerous smokers is a bit like that of Brexit voters: we all did something fucking stupid, knowingly, and now we’re paying the price
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Certain British blood donors are unwelcome in Germany
A risk of mad Cow disease is causing donors who lived in Britain between 1980 and 1986 to be turned away by doctors
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The Tory media’s Covid inquiry cowardice
How the ‘fearless’ Tory press meekly ducked criticism of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak over Covid
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There’s no easy way to tell someone they’re dying
An anonymous doctor shares how an overwhelmed NHS is struggling to care for those at the end of their lives
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Ukrainian women are risking their lives to head home for better reproductive healthcare
They fled Putin’s invasion - but now lack of access and racism are forcing women to head back towards the conflict
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Brexit is causing medicine shortages
The supply of drugs, including of antibiotics, is being squeezed
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Britain has always been multicultural. It’s the only way to keep it running
Embracing both the dilemmas and rewards of multicultural coexistence will mean abandoning the government’s populist resentment
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The Cretan baby scandal
Trafficked migrants, fake embryo transfers, babies for sale… the shocking story that reveals the dark side of Crete
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Speedy Boarding for the NHS is government by gesture
The government wants to give the impression that it has thought up a policy – but it hasn’t. Not really
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How a doctor views death
An anonymous GP shares how best to deal with the end of life and why this evades Westminster's understanding
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The only cure for the NHS’s ills is more money – and that includes for consultants
Another £40billion per year is needed to keep up with what others spend
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Let’s say the unsayable: only the rich paying more tax will save our NHS
Labour’s NHS Fit for the Future plan is not enough. We need more radical reform
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Why don’t we care for our old people?
With hundreds on urgent waiting lists, Britain’s health care system is failing elderly people
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Where are the 40 new hospitals?
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Britain needs an ambulance
The German media can see the damage Brexit has done, even if the Europhobes can’t
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The ‘queen of consciousness’ on 80 years of LSD
Does the psychedelic drug have real benefits, and should it be legalised for medical use? A colleague of acid’s inventor speaks…
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A doctor’s note on a dying patient
One anonymous GP explains the often overlooked realities of their job
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HIV: Russia’s other deadly losing battle
Moscow likes to pretend that HIV is not a problem. Now it has an epidemic on its hands
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Many trippy returns: LSD turns 80
Is the drug that fuelled sixties counterculture due for a comeback?
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How do we know when someone is dead?
A bizarre encounter around a recently deceased patient made one doctor question how we define when death occurs
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Multicultural Man: On psychosis
Exploring the connection between schizophrenia and emerging technologies
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The “problem” with women
Menopause is natural, not a disorder, and women should be able to talk about it openly and without stigma
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Rishi Sunak reckons he can taunt Labour on the Welsh NHS. He’s wrong again
Sunak should take a look at the polls before berating Wales again
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The community care route leads to economic illiteracy
Mismanagement and serious underfunding are at the top of the list when it comes to the NHS's problems. But the community care route is not the solution
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Transform the NHS into an engine for the redistribution of wellbeing
When it comes to the NHS, it's time to start thinking about the future
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Wideangle: Which countries drink the most alcohol?
Which European nations consume the most alcohol and which have more sober habits?
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Does Rishi Sunak really use an NHS GP?
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What makes the Germans so open about sex?
“In Britain we have hot-water bottles; on the continent, they have sex.” And nowhere is that more true than in Germany…
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Wideangle: The sad truth about Europe’s happiest places
The reality behind the continent's happiest nations
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Why Wes Streeting stopped digging
Earlier this year, MANDRAKE advised the shadow health secretary to pose some questions in the Commons about what a drain on resources Genomics England was. Yet, he never asked a single question
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‘Save the NHS’ is a bad slogan in need of a good policy
If we want the NHS to be functional in 10 years time, we need to start having more honest conversations about the state of affairs
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The NHS dream is dying
Can Britain have a grown-up conversation about its national health service?