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Africa’s largest economy has some of the worst outcomes in the world
Ecommerce heavyweight scents a fresh opportunity for a push into the sector
Retail giant to buy primary care provider for $3.9bn, including debt
Intensifying medical needs of baby boomers have exposed flaws in health system
The NHS needs long-term investment to build capacity and a shift in the balance away from hospital treatment
Growing private equity investment in the health industry risks making the rich richer and the sick sicker
Spending committee criticises health department for overseeing ‘years of decline’ on treatment waiting lists
Employers are starting to offer coaching to staff in an effort to manage Type 2 diabetes — one of the US’s costliest diseases
Russia’s attacks on hospitals, shortages of drugs and a polio outbreak are causing a humanitarian disaster
Years of underfunding and high rates of Covid-19 have taken their toll, Nuffield Trust research shows
Virtual care system was introduced at the start of the pandemic and is now being expanded to tackle treatment backlog
Hospital beds for children drops by 20% in past five years despite surge in demand
Health service chief in letter to minister queries whether contracts are ‘good value for money’
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
Omicron could exacerbate failure to address chronic shortage of health service workers
Chronic under-investment means workforce shortages are constraining intensive care provision
Number of Covid patients in hospital at highest level since February as virus spreads
FT analysis shows the pandemic has lengthened backlogs that England’s health service will struggle to eradicate
The government’s response to immediate pressures on the system is inadequate and indefensible
The coronavirus pandemic has overturned assumptions about the way the world’s health systems work. This report looks at how they are rising to the challenges they face, from Covid messaging in polyglot South Africa to joined-up care in fast-ageing Japan
Critics says hours and staffing are reduced inside hospitals after healthcare takeovers
Ministers have committed to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030 — but they must commit to fully funding the means
US-based Cleveland Clinic breaks with norm by offering doctors fixed salaries
It is time to overhaul the way we train, recruit and retain doctors, nurses and care staff
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