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The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them even for viral infections, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain
Research underscores the dangers of bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics
The poor are continuing to bear the brunt of Covid-19
Hospital beds for children drops by 20% in past five years despite surge in demand
Admissions hit record high but some patients are seeking care for reasons unrelated to virus
Health service chief in letter to minister queries whether contracts are ‘good value for money’
Priority stream set up during pandemic to collate bids for health equipment broke public contract rules
Dutch group earnings hit by millions of faulty medical devices and supply chain disruptions
Widespread acceptance of disease screening is reshaping the medical diagnostics market
Private equity companies are jointly considering an approach for UK chemist, say insiders
Health minister says government will assess how many of the 303m items could be used safely
Top UK medical charity to focus on next generation vaccines as it warns of complacency over future variants
Staffing crisis and soaring food and energy prices add to pressure on residents
Requiring those unvaccinated by choice to pay for their Covid hospital care is more ethical than mandatory vaccination
Covid has bolstered revenues from patients who cannot bear the lengthening wait for state-funded treatments
Three-month agreement designed to relieve pressure on hospitals but critics question whether it will provide extra capacity
The pandemic inquiry will reveal fundamental failings that we must address for the sake of dead and bereaved Britons
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Absences compound plight as health chiefs fear crisis in north-west England could spread though data suggest London past worst
Omicron could exacerbate failure to address chronic shortage of health service workers
Nightingale Open Science data show what actually happened to patients rather than relying on doctor’s notes
In rundown Great Yarmouth, where almost one in four adults smoke, the government’s target feels very ambitious
Device touted as ‘future of health’ has yet to change way patients are treated, say experts
BMA chair says No 10 ignored ‘elephant in the room’ as hospitalisations reach highest level since March
Constitutional court orders MPs to prevent discrimination in allocation of hospital resources during pandemic
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