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Today’s top SocietyGuardian stories
• More than 140 top doctors attack government record on NHS
• Senior doctors assess government’s record on NHS – letter in full
• A&E waiting times in England worst in a decade
• Treating UK tourists in Europe costs five times more than equivalent cost to NHS
• Conservative spending cuts will hit middle-income families, says Labour
• Life expectancy falls for older UK women
• David Shariatmadari: Giving to charity is selfish – and that’s fine
• Owen Jones: Don’t blame rising inequality on technological change
• Annalisa Coppolaro-Nowell: Binge drinking drove me out of Britain
All today’s SocietyGuardian stories
In today’s SocietyGuardian section
• Why I have to stand against Iain Duncan Smith in the general election
• Private hostels for homeless people must be better regulated
• Patrick Butler: The coalition’s commitment to children’s rights has proved an empty promise
• Zara Aziz: There’s a painful list of conditions we are no longer treating on the NHS
• Why lunch at a rugby club is the best medicine
• Poor data is preventing armchair auditors holding government to account
• Frances Ryan: Why this personal independence payment anniversary is no celebration
• Shirley Cramer: health advice with your haircut
Jobs of the week
• Associate director strategic policy and risk, Ofqual
• Head of external communications, Circle Housing
• Head of development, Citizens Theatre
• Head of security operations for parliament, House of Commons
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On the Society Professional Networks
• We are witnessing the slow death of social housing, writes former housing association chief executive Tom Murtha
• More women support charities than men, research finds
• Can private companies ever prioritise the public service ethos over profits?
• Why the NHS shouldn’t hog the limelight this general election
• Play explores the bond of siblings through the lens of autism
Pick of the blogs
• Rick, Flip Chart Fairy Tales: NHS - The elephant in the public spending room
• Kieran Walshe, Manchester Policy Blogs: Reorganising the NHS - Never again?
• Andrew Street and Katja Grasic, the Conversation: Fact Check: are there more NHS doctors and nurses than before the coalition?
• Bernadette Meaden, Ekklesia: Foodbanks - ‘big society’ or damage limitation?
• Nigel Stanley, Touchstone: Does pensions “freedom” offer the right choices?
• Saba Salman, the Social Issue: Crowdsourced art project maps our democratic history
• Liza Ramrayka: A Year of Service: From small screen to big picture
• Paul Clarke, Honestly Real: “No excuses” - in memory of Adam Bojelian
Other news
• BBC: Care for dying ‘needs overhaul’
• Children & Young People Now: Relocated young gang members at greater risk of reoffending, study finds
• CivilSociety.co.uk: Donations dropped £400m in 2014, UK Giving research suggests
• Independent: David Cameron interview - ‘We protected the poorest, the NHS and pensioners’
• LocalGov.co.uk: Labour unveils sweeping devolution pledge
• Public Finance: NHS heading for £600m overspend
• Third Sector: Half of people intend to leave money to charity in their wills, study finds
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