Health

Could 2025 possibly be any worse?

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

Legalising cannabis seems an open goal for a government determined to raise cash for public services, ensure social justice and improve public health

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

Is her forthcoming memoir’s defence of abortion an indication that Republicans won’t be so hardline on this issue if elected?

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

People in the UK are living longer lives – our economic system is not set up to deal with the consequences

Labour and Tories are both divided on assisted dying – so long as that political uncertainty continues, Britain isn’t a safe place for vulnerable people

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

There is no good reason for banning cigarettes outside pubs while allowing them on the pavement next door

You can understand why people want to at least take back some semblance of control, when their passport is eventually stamped and they enter the “other country” of serious illness

If the British state is to meet the crises to come, urgent restructuring is required

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

Even in a country where smoking remains socially acceptable, restrictions still look likely to be widely acknowledged

A new report by EMMA Association has highlighted the discrimination Romani women have faced after fleeing the war

The most brutal aspects of the country's drug war are spreading nationwide

The government’s policy is not built with real children or teenagers in mind

I know I need to give it up, I'm just not ready to leave Neverland yet

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

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

The Italian revolutionised children’s education and established the schools that carry her name all over the world to this day

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

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

Worrying stories about UPFs are everywhere. But the truth is more complex than the headlines suggest

The brain drain of talent from the poorer south to the richer north has created a crisis in the country’s health sector

The PM implied that 1.35 million were off work because of depression or anxiety. That’s not true

Despite sky-high waiting times, trust in the NHS remains high. The same cannot be said for the Tories

An aspiring Labour government cannot avoid the questions raised in the Cass review

In many other countries in Europe, assisted dying is already legal and the UK should follow suit

Scientists cannot provide evidence that homoeopathic treatment works, but the Greens’ fandom is too ingrained to ‘follow the science’

The CDU Party has already announced it will scrap the law if it wins next year’s election