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Will the State Now Declare All Dissenters From Official ‘Facts’ to Lack Mental Capacity?

The danger of the Sudiksha Thirumalesh ruling is that, following its logic, the state could declare all dissenters from official 'facts' to be mad, says Dr David Seedhouse.
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Rishi Sunak’s Smoking Ban is ‘Straight Out of Jacinda Ardern’s Health Authoritarian Playbook’

Why is a Conservative Prime Minister following the lead of health authoritarian Jacinda Ardern in introducing a progressive smoking ban that will see everyone born after 2009 banned from buying cigarettes?
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NHS Board Pledges to Pay Slavery “Reparations” Out of Healthcare Budget

Scotland's crisis-hit NHS is to begin a "programme of reparations" to Jamaica and Africa – paid for out of existing healthcare budgets – in a bid to "make amends" for slavery links dating from the 18th century.
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Some Common Sense Restored to the NHS as Government Pledges to Block Gender-Neutral Language and Men on Female Wards

Women's rights campaigners and health experts today welcomed the Government's commitment to restore "common sense" in the NHS by blocking gender neutral language and men on female wards.
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Should the State Have Ruled That Sudiksha Thirumalesh was Mentally Incompetent to Prevent Her Receiving Treatment?

19 year-old Sudiksha Thirumalesh died last month after a court ruled she was not mentally competent to override her doctors' view that her treatment should cease. But was this right, asks Dr David Seedhouse.
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Nobody Wants to Talk About How Lockdowns Got Us into This Mess

A major source of our current economic malaise – now approaching the highest tax burden since records began – is the cost and impact of the Covid lockdowns, a price which must never be forgotten, says Kate Andrews.
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Healthcare Workers Invited to Three-Day Diversity Conference Featuring Pronouns and Gender

NHS contractor Bromley Healthcare is hosting a three-day diversity conference for healthcare workers, covering topics like pronouns and LGBTQ+ issues, despite more than seven million people waiting for treatment.
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