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Paul Gallagher

Paul Gallagher is health correspondent at the i paper. He was previously a reporter for the Independent and Independent on Sunday. He has also worked as a reporter for the Observer, Daily Mirror and European Voice in Brussels, where he began his career in 2002 after editing the Leeds Student newspaper.

Article thumbnail: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 11: Bereaved relatives who lost loved-ones during the pandemic demonstrate outside Dorland House as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives evidence to the COVID inquiry in London, United Kingdom on December 11, 2023. The inquiry, chaired by Baroness Heather Hallett, has been set up to examine the UK's response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic with Module 2 focused on core political and administrative decision-making. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: A nurse shows to men single-leg squats by wall bars in the gym at the Kyiv Geriatric Care Home, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, May 29, 2019. Ukrinform.PHOTOGRAPH BY Ukrinform / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Hennadii Minchenko/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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The shocking state of UK child health from obesity to tooth decay

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More people are worried about a cancer diagnosis than dementia or heart attacks

Article thumbnail: Joshua, who died at nine days old from a treatable infection (Photo: Twitter/James Titcombe)
Article thumbnail: Joshua, who died at nine days old from a treatable infection (Photo: Twitter/James Titcombe)
Article thumbnail: Dr Robert Laurenson (left), co-chair of the British Medical Association's junior doctors' committee and Vivek Trivedi (right), the co-chair of the junior doctors' committee, speak to the media after leaving the Department for Health in central London, following a meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting to discuss their pay dispute. Picture date: Tuesday July 9, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Dr Robert Laurenson (left), co-chair of the British Medical Association's junior doctors' committee and Vivek Trivedi (right), the co-chair of the junior doctors' committee, speak to the media after leaving the Department for Health in central London, following a meeting with Health Secretary Wes Streeting to discuss their pay dispute. Picture date: Tuesday July 9, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 8: Health Secretary Wes Streeting with Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive of NHS England, during a visit to the Abbey Medical Centre in Abbey Wood in Bexley, on July 8, 2024 in London, England. New Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Wes Streeting to the position of Health and Social Care Secretary after Labour won the general election with a clear majority. Labour took 411 seats out of 649 with the Conservatives on 121 and the Liberal Democrats on 71. (Photo by Yui Mok - Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 8: Health Secretary Wes Streeting with Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive of NHS England, during a visit to the Abbey Medical Centre in Abbey Wood in Bexley, on July 8, 2024 in London, England. New Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Wes Streeting to the position of Health and Social Care Secretary after Labour won the general election with a clear majority. Labour took 411 seats out of 649 with the Conservatives on 121 and the Liberal Democrats on 71. (Photo by Yui Mok - Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY JUNE 3 PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 12/03/13 of a man smoking a cigarette. Charities have urged the next government to revive legislation designed to ban young people from ever being able to legally smoke "as a priority", as analysis revealed the majority of Britons back plans to phase out the sale of tobacco, which were announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year. Issue date: Monday June 3, 2024. PA Photo. The law would have made it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1 2009, as well as cracking down on youth vaping with stricter regulations on flavours and packaging. See PA story HEALTH Smoking. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY JUNE 3 PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 12/03/13 of a man smoking a cigarette. Charities have urged the next government to revive legislation designed to ban young people from ever being able to legally smoke "as a priority", as analysis revealed the majority of Britons back plans to phase out the sale of tobacco, which were announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year. Issue date: Monday June 3, 2024. PA Photo. The law would have made it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1 2009, as well as cracking down on youth vaping with stricter regulations on flavours and packaging. See PA story HEALTH Smoking. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire