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Homerton Hospital phlebotomists celebrate victory, credit: Callum Cant
Features / 17 March 2026
17 March 2026

JORDAN RIVERA and DEANA BROOKS assess the recently concluded 358-day strike, related disputes at other hospital trusts and lessons for future action

Ambulance workers on the picket line outside London Ambulance Service (LAS) in Waterloo, south London, February 10, 2023
Healthcare / 12 March 2026
12 March 2026
THE PRIVATEER: Wes Streeting
Features / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026

In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint

ALTERNATIVES: Al Amal (Hope) palliative care team, during the home-based care visit in 2021. Pic: Alamalrwanda/CC
Science and Society / 11 March 2026
11 March 2026

With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT