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A vital step to tackling gender health inequality | Letter
Letter: The first women’s health strategy has the potential to change lives and smash taboos, says Prof Geeta Nargund

Letters

21, Jul, 2022 @5:00 PM

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London NHS trust cancels operations as IT system fails in heatwave
Guy’s and St Thomas’ trust having to postpone and divert appointments, with doctors unable to see patients’ notes

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

21, Jul, 2022 @3:26 PM

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More rape cases reaching court in England and Wales after years of decline
Police referred 14% more cases to CPS in 2021-22 than in previous year, and more suspects were charged

Caelainn Barr and Alexandra Topping

21, Jul, 2022 @12:50 PM

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‘A giant step’: charities welcome plan to widen access to IVF on NHS
Change removes need for single women and same-sex couples to privately fund artificial insemination

Tobi Thomas

20, Jul, 2022 @6:24 PM

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25% of BAME non-executive directors in NHS ‘have seen discrimination’ at work
A quarter of Black, Asian and minority ethnic NEDs tell report they have observed discrimination or experienced it themselves

Denis Campbell Health policy editor

20, Jul, 2022 @5:23 PM

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Inspector Morse code will tell you when you’re old | Brief letters
Letters: Ageing test | Birthday list omission | Fending off a hangover | Keith Flett’s health | Earthly creatures | Bison bill

Letters

20, Jul, 2022 @4:59 PM

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Treatment of UK prisoners during Covid meets UN definition of torture
Analysis: Report finds 85% of inmates were locked up for 23 hours a day, with sadly predictable results. It cannot be ignored

Eric Allison Prisons correspondent

20, Jul, 2022 @3:24 PM

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UK prisoners ‘traumatised’ by Covid solitary confinement, study says
Exclusive: Biggest survey of its kind finds mass solitary confinement inflamed UK prisons mental health crisis

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

20, Jul, 2022 @3:24 PM

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Tell us: have you travelled abroad from the UK for dental care?
We’d like to hear from people who have travelled to another country to access dental work as NHS waiting lists grow

Guardian community team

20, Jul, 2022 @1:24 PM

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Hormone replacement therapy to be offered over the counter in UK
Move to provide HRT is ‘huge step forward’ for menopausal women’s health, experts say

Andrew Gregory Health editor

20, Jul, 2022 @12:43 PM

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Little evidence that chemical imbalance causes depression, UCL scientists find
Researchers question use of antidepressants, prescribed to one in six UK adults

Andrew Gregory Health editor

20, Jul, 2022 @10:49 AM

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Young people in the UK: how is the cost of living crisis affecting you?
If you have a story to share about your circumstances, or about someone you know, we’d like to hear from you

Guardian community team

20, Jul, 2022 @9:08 AM

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