Call for UK gambling reform after ‘generous and caring’ woman takes her own life Ellen Mulvey ran up huge betting losses online and wrote ‘addiction is the worst disease’ before she died The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
Resident doctors should vote against strike action Letters: A strike would harm patients and the NHS, write John Oldham, Clare Gerada, David Colin-Thome, Prof James Kingsland, Dr Fiona Cornish and Prof John Ashton The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025
Seven in 10 GPs in UK suffer from compassion fatigue, survey finds Exclusive: Family doctors say they are so worn out by their jobs that they struggle to empathise with their patients The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025
Female doctors more likely to kill themselves than women in general population, study finds ‘Women also tend to look at things differently to men and be more compassionate ... and might take the problem home emotionally,’ expert warns The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2024
England’s GPs are squaring up to the government – but it’s an unnecessary battle The tragedy for patients if industrial action seriously disrupts treatment is that doctors and ministers pretty much agree, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024
Patients in danger from overworked GPs says doctors’ spokesperson as strike threat looms ‘It is dangerous for GPs to see 60-70 patients a day,’ warns top GP Clare Gerada The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024
A silent emergency: The rise in suicides among UK doctors Intense workloads, bullying, lack of support. Why are medics more likely to die by suicide than the general population? Al Jazeera · Jul 21, 2023
Return of two Victorian conditions caused by bad nutrition - symptoms listed A report says that scurvy and rickets have been detected in rising numbers, caused by bad nutrition and lack of key vitamins as poverty levels are soaring Wales Online · Jul 12, 2023
Cases of malnutrition rocket with 'Victorian' diseases on the rise CASES of malnutrition have quadrupled since 2007/08 as doctors have warned the cost-of-living crisis has sparked a rise in “Victorian” diseases. The National (Scotland) · Jul 11, 2023
‘A future worth fighting for’: five health experts on the state of the NHS at 75 Ideas for improving standards of care include robotics, more time for GP consultations and a tax on salt The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2023
Preventing poor health, use of tech and local care ‘key’ to NHS’ future, advisory group says NHS Assembly’s report includes responses from more than 700 organisations and patient groups. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023
Gambler who took his own life made up to 100 bets a day, coroner told First inquest to formally involve a gambling operator hears that Luke Ashton at one point had debts of £18,000 The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023
Father made 100 bets a day due to ‘pervasive gambling disorder’, inquest hears Annie Ashton told an inquest into the death of her husband Luke, 40, that she believed gambling addiction led him to take his own life. The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
'Society needs to challenge stigma' around gambling warns top TV doctor Dr Ellie Cannon has joined people with lived experience of gambling addiction to back a new campaign to reduce stigma. Chronicle Live · May 5, 2023
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2023 Bring back cottage hospitals to free capacity in NHS, says senior health leader Cottage hospitals were a small type of hospital first developed in the UK in the mid-1800s