Philip Broadbent
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- Sep 15, 2026
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The real reason Britons are more medicated than Danes (opens the original)
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It is tempting to tell a tidy story in which people in Britain take too many pills because they exercise too little and eat too poorly, while Danes stay slim by cycling everywhere. The assumption is that Britain relies on medication to fix lifestyle failures, whereas Denmark relies on prevention. But are Britons actually more medicine-dependent than the Danes? The honest answer is yes and no. When it comes to the more routine maintenance of getting older – managing the physical wear and tear of
The government wants households to prepare for disaster – but the UK’s real test will be the NHS (opens the original)
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What happens when the NHS is hit by an emergency it cannot predict? A heatwave can send thousands more people to hospital. A power cut can put patients who depend on electricity at risk. A cyber-attack can suddenly knock out systems that hospitals rely on to function. Government officials told reporters at the FT that Andy Burnham’s government is preparing a publicity campaign, telling households to prepare for a disaster. It will set out how people can prepare for extreme weather, power cuts an
NHS waiting lists are finally getting shorter, but not fairer everywhere (opens the original)
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After years of grim records, the NHS in England finally has some good news to report. The waiting list for planned hospital care has begun to edge down, and the share of patients treated within the 18-week target has climbed, from 59.8% in March 2025 to around 63% a year later. Ministers, who have promised to restore the 92% standard by 2029, are keen to claim momentum. Until recently, it was difficult to say whether that recovery was reaching everyone equally. That changed in July last year whe
Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality (opens the original)
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The heatwaves of late May and June killed an estimated 2,700 people in England and Wales, according to a recent analysis – around 550 in May, when west London hit 35.1°C, and 2,200 in June, as East Anglia reached 37°C. Both events broke records that had stood since 1944 and 1976, and researchers estimate that 42% of the deaths were attributable to the extra heat resulting from human-induced climate change. They add to a mounting toll: more than 10,000 people died during UK heatwaves between 2020
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