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Nick Howley

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Nick joined the Top Doctors team as content editor in 2018, and writes on a variety of topics. As a politics graduate, Nick is particularly interested in the wider impact of health trends on human history and society. His early career involved managing the digital communications of the national mental health charity Student Minds, and launching an information service for navigating the social care sector. To navigate his own mind, Nick has been running a personal Wikipedia since 2009. Outside work Nick likes to play the piano, make fly-on-the-wall documentaries about family and friends, and slowly improve his Spanish.
Across the UK, a profound transformation is taking place. GP surgeries – one of the few gateways to healthcare – are shutting down at an increasing rate.

For the first time, we have mapped GP surgery closures across the UK - and the results are startling.
Andy Murray
The question is: can he recover fully and regain his position of world number one?
Man wearing an air pollution mask on the street
Pollution masks, air purifiers, houseplants, antioxidants, and changing your travel route are all suggested solutions - but do any of them really work?
Family consulting with a doctor online
When it comes to speaking to a doctor, things seem to be firmly stuck in the 20th century. The good news is that this is all about to change.

We’re on the cusp of a revolution in doctor appointments that will see a huge portion of us speaking to our doctor on the phone or via video chat. Here's what you need to know.
Do you struggle to focus? Are you easily distracted? If you try to focus, do you find that you're distracted whether or not you want to be? This is a common challenge we tackle day-to-day. Whether or not our attention spans are actually worsening as a whole remains to be seen, but there are definitely ways we can find our focus again.
Most of us see our phone use as just a bad habit, but what if it were more than that? Could it really be that we are all pathologically addicted to our phones? Should we look at smartphone use – and smartphone abuse – as a medical problem?
Top Doctors Magazine 2018-2019
We’re pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Top Doctors magazine has been published.

The Top Doctors magazine is a leading health publication covering the latest advances and breakthroughs in medicine in the UK. It features over 40 original articles from some of the UK’s top medical specialists across a range of disciplines.