The Health and Healing Narrative
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Oct 2025
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UK Resident Doctors and the NHS Strikes: What’s Happened So Far
On the 23rd of October 2025, the British Medical Association (BMA) announced a new round of strikes, set to take place from the 14th – 19th of November. This will mark the 13th round of strikes since 2023, as resident doctors continue their fight over pay, training, and working conditions. To understand why these strikes…
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What Is PrEP? Everything You Need To Know, and The New HIV Prevention Jab Changing The Game
Every year in the UK thousands of people are diagnosed with HIV, despite major advances in prevention and treatment. In 2024 there were around 3,043 new HIV diagnoses across the UK, representing a 4% drop from the year before. Yet even with this progress, nearly 42% of diagnoses in England were made at a late stage* of infection – when…
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Top 10 Things Most People Don’t Know About The Menopause (But That Everyone Should!)
Today we celebrate International Menopause Day – a day to bring compassion, awareness, and understanding to an experience that shapes the lives of all women in some way. This year’s theme focuses on menopause in the workplace – an important reminder that supporting women through this transition helps create healthier, fairer, and more inclusive work environments. If…
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Why Healthcare Needs “Black Box” Thinking: Lessons on Failure and Accountability from a Veteran Pilot
In both aviation and medicine, mistakes can cost lives. Yet while the aviation industry has spent decades learning how to learn from failure, healthcare still often fears it. I sat down with my dad, Chris Tomlinson – a veteran pilot with more than 25 years experience in the RAF and civilian aviation, to talk about…
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Type 2 Diabetes: A Doctor’s Guide
From diet and exercise to stress management and medication, this guide shows how small, consistent changes can help you take control of and live well with type 2 diabetes.
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