Mark my words: this will be the end of the NHS if the Tories have their way | Gordon Brown
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They are now openly contemplating a more privately funded healthcare system. It wouldn’t just be unfair, it makes no economic senseSavid Javid, a former chancellor and health secretary, has wri...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/23/nhs-tories-privately-funded-healthcare

Setting pulses racing: the Reading scientists perfecting broad bean bread
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By making their nutritious bread taste like normal white loaves, scientists aim to help disadvantagedIt’s creamy-white in colour with a deep brown crust. It has a mild floury taste but with a mor...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/22/setting-pulses-racing-the-reading-scientists-perfecting-broad-bean-bread

RIP wild swimming. Nature’s ‘cure all’ has thrown in the towel | Eva Wiseman
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Immersing yourself in cold water never did appeal to many of us, but raw sewage and now medical evidence all mean the trend could soon be out of its depthFarewell, wild swimming, it’s been fun. Well, not fun...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/22/rip-wild-swimming-natures-cure-all-has-thrown-in-the-towel-sewage

The early days of the wellness industry, 1983
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We all needed to raise our game already, from coq au vin-guzzling junior doctors to Scotch-sipping executivesOn 5 June 1983 the Observer took readers on a brisk jog round the nascent wellness industry. ‘Life can be cruel and death crueller,’ wrote Dr Richard Smith, baldly, imagining a scen...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/22/the-early-days-of-the-wellness-industry-1983

‘It’s not medical tourism, it’s desperation’: rising number of Britons resort to treatment abroad
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Despair over NHS waiting lists is driving people who could never afford private care in UK to countries like LithuaniaCathy Rice had been in all-consuming pain for 18 mon...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/21/not-medical-tourism-desperation-britons-resort-treatment-abroad