It is time for the discrimination against young people with mental illness to end For last...

Mary Harney remarkably did not use a computer during her time as Minister for Health. Yet...

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“One of the virtues of the NHS is that it doesn’t worry you about money at...

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In the previous issue of the Medical Independent (MI), we revealed how the Department of Public...

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The UK is growing ever more divided in what is essentially a civil war without the...