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Polly ToynbeeJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

14 articles

Across 5 topics, first on 16 Sept 2025, most recently 11 Sept 2026.

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Biography

Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist. Her recent books include An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals and The Only Way Is Up: How to Take Britain from Austerity to Prosperity , a post-election book co-authored with David Walker

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Recent articles

  1. My plea to MPs: this is the final chance to save the assisted dying bill. Make your mark on history | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianAssisted dying11 Sept 2026

  2. Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform29 Jul 2026

  3. The right’s culture war over prostate cancer screening is damaging trust in medicine | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianCancer5 Jun 2026

  4. British politics is fractured and chaotic – but at last it’s brimming with ideas for the future | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking2 Jun 2026

  5. Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianMental health28 May 2026

  6. Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking21 Apr 2026

  7. Both doctors and the government are handling this strike badly – that’s why there is no end in sight | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking10 Apr 2026

  8. The blistering speech that tells me Britain’s social care deadlock can finally be broken | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform10 Mar 2026

  9. If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianAssisted dying22 Jan 2026

  10. I went to A&E with a broken wrist and caught a dose of ‘I’ve been lucky’ syndrome | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking17 Jan 2026

  11. ‘Improve the NHS fast or people will fall for the charlatans’ – so says a departing trust head. We’d do well to listen | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking16 Dec 2025

  12. This week’s doctors’ strike is another test of Wes Streeting’s mettle. He is right not to buckle | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking13 Nov 2025

  13. The right wants to destroy our fragile faith in the NHS – don’t let that happen | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking7 Nov 2025

  14. Who benefits if NHS drug prices soar? Donald Trump and big pharma. Just one more way he’s menacing Britain | Polly Toynbee

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking16 Sept 2025

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