Hospitals
Death on the NHS
Ten years ago, the National Health Service eased my father’s final days. My mother, this year, was not so lucky
The wrong cuts
Jeremy Hunt is right to fight for NHS reform. But he’s going after the wrong people, on the wrong issue
A trust betrayed
Like many of my fellow junior doctors, I trusted a Conservative government with the NHS. If it’s to stay strong…
The years of pain
I’m an old hand at cancer. I’ve had it nearly half my life
The NHS was great for Girl, but I still don’t like it
When Girl came off the horse it didn’t look like a bad fall. More like an involuntary and rather hurried…
Poor form
Against the customer service Q&A
A dose of good sense
Each year the Reith Lectures come round as Radio 4’s annual assertion of intellectual authority, fulfilling the BBC’s original aspiration…
Old, vulnerable and hungry
The reality for elderly patients in NHS hospitals
Barometer
Not in their name The BBC decided to start calling the Islamic terror group Isis by the acronym IS instead.…
Letters
Poor treatment Sir: Jane Kelly’s article (‘No tea or sympathy’, 2 August) on the lack of empathy and emotional support…
No tea or sympathy
Nurses might be overworked but they could still be kind
The NHS ‘wellbeing’ monkey deserves to die
My young daughter has a furry beaver — lifelike in all but its eyes, which to me seem cold and dead.…
Stealing history
What do you feel when a survivor of Auschwitz tells you their story?
Barometer
The test of a wave Waves measuring 27ft from peak to trough were seen off Land’s End as the stormy…
Family matters
The first sign that something was wrong with Ludo was when he complained of a tummy ache. This was after…
Hard to swallow
Hospital food isn’t a joke. It’s a scandal
