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    Sarah Neville

    Global Health Editor

    Sarah Neville is the FT's global health editor. She covers the NHS, and healthcare developments around the world. In more than 22 years at the FT, she has held a variety of editing and reporting roles including weekend news editor, analysis editor, UK news editor, public policy editor and global pharmaceuticals editor.

    Immediately before joining the FT she spent a decade reporting on Westminster, latterly as political editor of the Yorkshire Post. In 1995 she was awarded the Laurence Stern Fellowship on the Washington Post.

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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      National Health Service
      Number of UK nursing students plummets despite NHS shortages

      Low wages and student debt worries are believed to have undermined applications, putting workforce plan in doubt

      A nurse walks through an NHS hospital ward
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      NHS consultants and doctors begin historic joint strike in England

      Medics escalate campaign for higher pay by providing only a ‘Christmas Day’ emergency service

      Consultants and junior doctors demand pay restoration on the picket line outside University College London on Wednesday
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Doctors and nurses in England could be forced to work during strikes

      Ministers invoke legislation that seeks to ensure minimum service levels in critical sectors

      Junior doctors at a picket holding a sign saying ‘Chrnonically underpaid’
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      National Health Service
      NHS braced for unprecedented strikes as doctors in England walk out

      Four days of industrial action includes co-ordinated walkout by consultants and junior medics

      Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside University College London hospital
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      NHS England
      Waiting lists for routine hospital care in England hit record of 7.7mn

      Official data will come as blow to prime minister, who has pledged to cut backlog by next election

      Staff on a NHS hospital ward
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Maternal health
      Low-cost health measures could drive big fall in maternal mortality, says report

      Lives of 2mn mothers and babies could be saved by 2030 with small innovations in care, says Gates Foundation

      A doctor checks up a pregnant woman at a government hospital in Amritsar
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour sets out overhaul to regulation of NHS managers

      Move comes after failings identified during trial of child serial killer Lucy Letby

      Lucy Letby
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      UK schools
      Why does Britain have a crumbling concrete problem?

      Because of ageing buildings, the school estate is in more need of work than the NHS

      Students arrive at Corpus Christi Catholic School in London, Britain, 04 September 2023.
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Health
      Early onset cancer cases rise 80% in past three decades, BMJ survey finds

      Stark findings highlight need to increase research into causes and more effective treatment

      Man looks at screen showing a lung scan
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      NHS England
      NHS bosses order hospitals to check for dangerous concrete

      Letter to senior managers across health service follows controversy over safety risk posed by Raac in schools

      Remedial work being carried out at Mayflower primary school in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK economy
      UK wages: which sectors are driving up pay?

      Britain could see interest rates rise further as pay growth remains high

      montage of a worker in front of a graphic
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      UK schools
      UK councils rush to find alternative classrooms after emergency school closures

      Government pledges to cover costs linked with collapse-prone concrete days before new term starts

      Scaffolding on the exterior of the school building
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      National Health Service
      Junior doctors in England to join consultants in NHS strike

      First co-ordinated industrial action of its kind in health service history due for September and October

      NHS junior doctors on the picket line
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      UK politics
      UK makes inquiry into serial killer Lucy Letby statutory

      Government U-turn comes after ministers set out plans to force criminals to attend sentencing hearing

      A large television screen near Manchester Crown Court broadcasts the judge sentencing
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      National Health Service
      The drag on getting discharged from Britain’s hospitals

      Nuffield Trust research points to under-investment and flawed co-ordination in health and social care system

    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      News in-depthHealthcare
      Why are whistleblowers in the NHS often ignored?

      In the wake of Lucy Letby’s conviction, experts call for urgent reform of reporting culture within the health service

      Montage of a whistle with the NHS log on it
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      UK politics
      Jeremy Hunt to target mental illness at work as UK benefits bill mounts

      Plan for tax breaks and subsidies in Autumn Statement to boost occupational health provision

      Pedestrians cross London Bridge in the rain
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      NHS consultants in England to strike during Tory conference

      Three-day October walkout by senior doctors would be longest stoppage in the dispute

      Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Investor activism
      Food companies face investor calls to curb antibiotic use on farms

      Awareness about the negative impact of antimicrobial resistance on shareholder returns is growing

      Chickens gathered to drink water on a farm
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      UK crime
      British serial killer Lucy Letby to spend life in prison after murdering 7 babies

      Judge hands former nurse whole life sentence after ‘cruel, calculated and cynical’ campaign

      Lucy Letby
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Medical science
      UK leads in genomic sequencing but must invest more, warns top scientist

      Suggestion opportunities yielded by lower cost of technology are not adequately recognised by government

      Research assistants work at sequencing machines analysing the genetic material of Covid-19 cases at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      UK crime
      Inquiry launched into murder of seven babies at English hospital

      Independent investigation will re-examine concerns raised over neonatal nurse Lucy Letby

      Lucy Letby
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      UK schools
      UK exam boards make sharp cuts to top A-level grades

      Return to pre-pandemic marking causes A and A* grades to fall to 27.2% of total, down 9 percentage points

      Students react after receiving their A-level results at Ark Acton Academy in west London. The fall in A and A* grades in the UK equated to 73,000 fewer top marks in 2023
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      National Health Service
      NHS capital investment cuts leave England’s hospitals crumbling

      St Mary’s in London is an example of how a longtime lack of spending is being felt across the system

      St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      National Health Service
      Health leaders welcome new UK cancer targets but warn more ‘resources’ needed

      Expert say altering standards alone will not be enough to improve vital services

      Mammogram examined by consultant
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