As a UK report finds women with reproductive conditions have faced poor care due to ‘medical misogyny’, people share their sufferingWomen and girls in the UK with gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis and adenomyosis have spent years in pain due to “medical misogyny”, according to a parliamentary report.The women and equalities committee report found that women with reproductive conditions faced inadequate care due to a “pervasive stigma” and symptoms being […]

Experts from Imperial College London cite ‘alarming declines’ in 12 key metrics of patient safetyThe NHS is forced to spend a “staggering” £14.7bn a year treating people who have been harmed by mistakes made during their care, a report reveals.And a stark north/south divide on patient safety has opened up across England, with double the amount of death and disability caused by medical negligence in the north-east than in London. Continue reading...

Documentary about amateur theatre group’s take on classic horror film made available to wider audienceFor anyone who is weary of the usual feelgood festive films – Love Actually, Elf, Miracle on 34th Street and so on – a more offbeat offering involving a bunch of bus drivers and a joyfully amateur retelling of the space horror Alien may just appeal.The documentary Alien on Stage tells the unlikely story of how the bus drivers, plus friends and relatives, decided that rather than put on […]

The UK government has announced it is suspending Syrian asylum claims, after the fall of the decades-long Assad regime. So, what will happen to the Syrians who have made the UK their home? The Guardian’s John Harris hears from one woman settled in Yorkshire. And political correspondent Kiran Stacey joins us to talk through what Rachel Reeves’s spending review reveals about Labour’s priorities.This year the Guardian and Observer’s annual charity appeal is asking for your support to help […]