Public services policy
Thames Water nationalisation plan could move bulk of £15bn debt to state
Exclusive: Under Whitehall blueprint for water company some lenders could lose up to 40% of their money
Anna Isaac
18, Apr, 2024 @5:10 PM
Jammed 999 lines and not enough ambulances to go round: come see the sharp end of this NHS crisis | Polly Toynbee
At an ambulance dispatch centre in Kent, I saw the sheer scale of the task that lies ahead of Labour to restore the nation’s health, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
17, Apr, 2024 @5:00 AM
The Guardian view on local councils: they must meet the needs of communities, not just Whitehall | Editorial
Editorial: Democracy’s link to the places that matter to people is being eroded, a concern given next month’s elections
Editorial
14, Apr, 2024 @4:30 PM
GPs in UK urged to routinely ask women and girls about period problems
Leading charity calls current advice inadequate as 42% of 12- to 18-year-olds say their period pains are severe
Denis CampbellHealth Policy Editor
14, Apr, 2024 @4:01 AM
Five thousand children with gender-related distress awaiting NHS care in England
New gender clinics looking at ‘creative ways’ of reducing waiting lists amid shortage of clinicians
Amelia Gentleman
11, Apr, 2024 @7:57 PM
Cass review set to confirm shift in NHS care for children with gender dysphoria
Findings are due to be published from review by consultant paediatrician that has already had significant impact
Amelia Gentleman
09, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
Tenfold rise in A&E patients waiting more than 24 hours for a bed
Figures show more than 150,000 patients waited more than 24 hours in A&E for a bed last year, most of them elderly or frail
Vivian Ho
07, Apr, 2024 @10:07 PM
From HS2 to the NHS, Britain doesn’t cut costs. Disastrously, it just cuts corners
Short-termist and kneejerk decisions to ‘balance the books’ always end up with the exchequer paying out more for less
Phillip Inman
07, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
Hundreds of thousands face being denied revolutionary new dementia drugs in England
Exclusive: Treatments near approval but lack of diagnostic capacity means NHS is unprepared for rollout, says report
Andrew Gregory Health editor
05, Apr, 2024 @7:10 PM
Universities are a vital public asset. We must save them | Letters
Letters: Prof Des Freedman, Michael Bassey, John Sommer and Sally Bates respond to an article about the dire state of Britain’s higher education institutions
04, Apr, 2024 @5:11 PM
Pharmacies are caught between a rock and a hard place | Letter
Letter: Hasan Ahmed on financial pressures that have left businesses like his family’s having to choose between either losing money or refusing to fulfil prescriptions
01, Apr, 2024 @4:47 PM
England’s parishes and towns raise council tax surcharge to fund scrapped local services
Cuts to central funding leaves lower tier of local government left to look after libraries, street cleaning and other facilities
Phillip Inman Economics Editor
30, Mar, 2024 @1:38 PM
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