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Healthy life expectancy falls in the UK – and the decline is worse among women

Healthy life expectancy falls in the UK – and the decline is worse among women

The UK’s healthy life expectancy crisis hits women hardest, but the government’s renewed women’s health strategy doesn’t come close to...

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Philip broadbent

Fining hospitals for medical misogyny won’t help women – it will hurt them

Fining hospitals for medical misogyny won’t help women – it will hurt them

Wes Streeting wants to dock hospital budgets to fix NHS misogyny. The cure may be worse than the disease.

21.04.2026 10

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Philip broadbent

One in three Scottish people dies with unmet palliative care needs – what that means for assisted dying

Scotland’s assisted dying debate focused on safeguards, but for thousands dying in poverty with unmet care needs, the real question goes much deeper.

20.03.2026 20

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Philip broadbent

Kent’s meningitis outbreak was years in the making – here’s why

A vaccine has existed since 2013. The UK was first to adopt it. But a decade of students never received it – and are now paying the price.

18.03.2026 10

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Philip broadbent