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Frances RyanJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

6 articles

Across 4 topics, first on 16 Jun 2025, most recently 2 Sept 2026.

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Biography

Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist. Her latest book, Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life , is available to pre-order at the Guardian Bookshop

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Recent articles

  1. ‘I want to live’: the disabled people unable to go abroad because of care funding refusal

    The GuardianNHS waiting lists2 Sept 2026

  2. Burnham is taking a bold risk by busting the big lie of politics – that change is impossible | Frances Ryan

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform28 Jul 2026

  3. Want to know what Andy Burnham would do in government? Take a look at his past | Frances Ryan

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform30 Jun 2026

  4. ‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges

    The GuardianUnpaid carers29 Apr 2026

  5. Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform11 Apr 2026

  6. British women are being jailed under archaic abortion laws. MPs can act to end that this week | Frances Ryan

    The GuardianWomen's health & gynaecology16 Jun 2025

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