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Letters: One physician associate says they have been doing vital work in healthcare for years, but the profession is now being framed as a problem. Plus letters by Dr Charles Heatley, Samer Nashef and Dr Giles Youngs

There is a generational divide when it comes to QR codes and I am on the far side of it. But there’s going to be more, many more of them around, according to this paper’s genius business editor, Jonathan Prynn. It’s all about the increase in employers’ National Insurance in…

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Some patients across UK turning to A&Es five or more times a year due to unresolved medical issues, charity says

Researchers examined ‘frequent attenders’ in a new study.

It is estimated that up to two-fifths of A&E attendances are avoidable or could be better treated elsewhere, according to NHS England.

Ministers to launch public consultation on regulating managers in effort to end ‘culture of cover-up’ in NHS

A new statutory duty of candour making health bosses legally accountable for responding to concerns about patient safety could also be introduced.

Exclusive: The letter says that a private members bill to legalise assisted dying is ‘inadequate’ adding that it ‘lacks prudence...at a time of crisis for the NHS’

The government’s pact with voters relies on it delivering on its promise of growth but the early omens are unsettling

Labour has got off to a shaky start in government. It’s time it told the truth about the state we’re in