To restore public confidence in the NHS, the health service must ease the pain of waiting

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The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening

Matt Morgan: Sitting on our hands is sometimes the best option

Afghanistan’s fragile health system faces catastrophe without immediate international funding

Helen Salisbury: New incentives to ask for advice and guidance

Public health must not be an afterthought in the NHS reorganisation

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