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COMMENT: The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

COMMENT: In the lead-up to the election, the definition was purposely rubbery in order to secure votes, writes Sean O’Grady. Now it’s just as vague, to avoid alienating a nation full of cakeists

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UK Biobank project to share 1bn images of organs, blood vessels and bones to help study ageing and ill health

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Investment is needed to keep people well at home, otherwise the shift towards prevention and neighbourhood health risks being undermined, Adass said.

More than 37,000 women have radiotherapy for breast cancer in the UK every year.