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Tobi Thomas

Tobi Thomas is the Guardian's UK health and inequalities correspondent. Twitter @tobithomas_ 

March 2025

  • A woman on a bed holding a hot water bottle to her abdomen.

    ‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England

  • A close up of a methylphenidate pill on top of a medicine bottle.

    ADHD prescriptions in England have risen by 18% each year since pandemic

February 2025

  • main building, University College London

    Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

  • A person lighting a cigarette with their hand cupped around it

    Cancer death rates 60% higher in deprived areas, UK research finds

  • A young nurse with her head in her hand

    Dissatisfaction among gen Z staff is ‘ticking timebomb’ for NHS

  • A dentist prepares for a procedure

    Asian five-year-olds in England 70% more likely to have tooth decay than average

  • NHS diversity practices hindered by ‘misguided approaches’, says Streeting

  • ‘I have this shadow over me’: lupus patients share their experiences living with the disease

  • Black people in England eight times more likely to be hospitalised with lupus

January 2025

  • A woman in a blue vest with her hands on her lower abdomen

    ‘The pain was intense’: why UK women are paying for private gynaecological care

  • Man and woman walk past a house with a clothes line across the doorway

    Scheme to attract trainee doctors to England’s deprived areas at risk, GPs say

  • Sickle cell anaemia, illustration<br>Illustration of sickle cells in blood flow. lr1

    ‘Groundbreaking’ sickle cell disease treatment approved for NHS use in England

  • Sandra Tomlinson, who is participating in the Heal-D programme

    New scheme offers diabetes-friendly twists on African-Caribbean meals

  • Prostate cancer becomes most common cancer diagnosis in England

  • Man with epilepsy in Leeds died in fall after pharmacy ran out of drug

  • Black men in England more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer, analysis shows

  • UK charity steps up campaign against child hygiene poverty

  • NHS error meant hundreds of parents did not know children’s sickle cell status

December 2024

  • The survey also found that people living with a disability alongside cancer were less likely to feel supported.

    Black cancer patients in England less likely to feel supported in hospital, says charity

  • A woman with abdominal pain holds her stomach

    ‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared

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