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Martin Bagot

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Daily Mirror Health and Science Editor. Hoping one day the NHS will be put back on its feet. Loves a campaign. Stoke City fan

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Martin Bagot @martinbagot.bsky.social · Mar 7

The day the world changed

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PM's chilling Covid-19 lockdown warning changed our lives forever

We sat opposite a man who would come to be known as 'Professor Lockdown' as he unveiled modelling of the likely UK death toll which made the unthinkable, inevitable

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Martin Bagot

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NHS faces ‘stark choice’ on £1.5bn funding black hole this year if Britain caves to Donald Trump’s drug pricing threats

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NHS faces ‘stark choice’ if Britain caves to Donald Trump’s drug pricing threats

NHS leaders have written to the Government warning patients will wait longer for care if a funding blackhole of up to £3 billion is not filled as Donald Trump threatens higher drug prices

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October 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM

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Covid-19 Inquiry reveals the ‘forgotten’ children left disabled and bedbound by Long Covid

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Covid Inquiry uncovers ‘forgotten’ children left disabled by Long Covid

Long Covid Kids supports 7,000 children whose parents say they have been 'gas lit' by NHS, schools and social services, as the inquiry uncovered pandemic-era advice against diagnosing the condition

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October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Martin Bagot

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Boris Johnson’s hair-raising admission says everything about his attitude to Covid-19

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'I looked Boris Johnson in the face - his hair-raising admission speaks volumes'

Former PM Boris Johnson arrived early at the Covid-19 Inquiry to avoid protesters today - but they confronted him on the way out after he made startling admission

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October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM

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Boris Johnson admits children could have been exempted from Covid lockdowns

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October 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Martin Bagot

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Sir Chris Whitty says people were forced indoors too much during Covid pandemic and says he thought that at the time

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October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM

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Reform UK really is a sick party.

Why Labour believes improving the NHS will be bad for Farage and good for Starmer.

"Poorer health linked to surge in Reform UK votes, BMJ study indicates"

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Poorer health linked to surge in Reform UK votes, BMJ study indicates

Poorer health metrics, particularly for respiratory and chronic diseases, are strongly linked to a higher proportion of votes for Reform UK

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October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM

Martin Bagot

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Johnson & Johnson sued by cancer patients claiming talc contained asbestos

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October 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM

Martin Bagot

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GP practices in working class areas to get more Gov funding in a major NHS reform

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Major NHS change will see GPs in some areas get funding to see patients quicker

GP change will tackle ‘inverse care’ where areas of highest health need are currently getting a worse NHS service

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October 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM

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Trump deal to make NHS pay more for medicines ‘will harm patients’, experts warn

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October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM

Martin Bagot

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Britain braced for worst flu season in years as data from Australia hints at what’s coming

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Worrying new data shows UK is braced for worst flu season in years

Australia is going through its worst winter flu season for seven years - with Britain expected to face the same as temperatures start to drop

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October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Martin Bagot

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Wes Streeting unveils historic Fair Pay Agreement for social care workers

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#FairCareForAll

September 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM

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We Own It

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Labour was elected to protect our #NHS, not open the door to disastrous new private finance deals!

Great coverage of our action outside Labour Party conference today, by @martinbagot
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Mirror IN YOUR AREA FUNERAL NOTICES SHOP COMPETITIONS DAT EXCLUSIVE: Labour MPs confronted at conference over NHS private finance 'betrayal' Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS 'payday loans'

September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM

Martin Bagot

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PFI deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

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Labour MPs confronted over NHS private finance ‘betrayal’

Private finance initiative (PFI) deals crippled hospitals with debt during the Blair years - now Rachel Reeves could bring back these NHS ‘payday loans’

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September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Martin Bagot

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Hi @UKLabour - save NHS dentistry by reversing a decade of stealth cuts

Sign our #DentistsForAll petition here - www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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September 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM

Martin Bagot

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Brits overwhelmingly back NHS founding principles in blow to Nigel Farage's favoured insurance model

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