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NHS not fit for 21st Century - inspector

Person lying in hospital corridor

Professor Ted Baker says the NHS has not modernised because of a historic lack of investment.

  • 30 September 2017
  • From the section Health

The illness that affects one in six of us

Ten charts that show how mental illness affects people in the UK.

  • 30 September 2017
  • From the section Health

Schools allowed to keep spare allergy pens

Children with severe allergies will have access to a spare adrenaline auto-injector in an emergency.

  • 29 September 2017
  • From the section Health

'Mentally impaired' missing out on tax discount

  • 29 September 2017
  • From the section Health

NHS agrees to fund boy's £100-a-day drug

  • 29 September 2017
  • From the section Health

Patients 'dying alone in hospitals'

  • 29 September 2017
  • From the section Health
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Features

Take it or leave it

Could psychedelic drug ayahuasca have health benefits?

  • 29 September 2017
  • From the section Health

Running on empty

In the grip of anorexia

  • 29 September 2017
  • From the section Magazine

Virtual flu

How you could help stop the next pandemic

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Doing the unexpected

Hannah, who has cerebral palsy, fulfils her musical dream

  • 28 September 2017
  • From the section Health

Scleroderma

'I can feel my body turning to stone'

  • 24 September 2017
  • From the section Berkshire

Emotionally numb

The disorder that stops people loving their family

  • 26 September 2017
  • From the section Health

Analysis

Reality Check: Can good mood boost flu jab effect?

  • 26 September 2017
  • From the section Health

Reality Check: Does debt interest cost more than NHS pay?

  • 8 September 2017
  • From the section Health

NHS staff to help anxious school pupils

Hugh Pym Health editor
  • 25 September 2017
  • From the section Health

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