Getting children cycling to school – it can be done

Peter Walker: Sustrans says its projects more than double the percentage of pupils riding to school within a year

Ease the pain if you cannot work with an income protection plan

Survey shows more than half of workers say they couldn't survive financially for more than three months on statutory sick pay

Abolishing user fees – does the reality match up to the dream?

A series of papers published this week attempts to take a measured look at what happens to the poor, when healthcare fees are abolished in sub-Saharan Africa

NHS plans will mean putting wealthy first, says doctors’ leader

Hospitals will be forced to treat wealthy foreigners to raise cash, rather than treat poor patients, says BMA's Hamish Meldrum

Is a dental hygienist necessary every time I go for a check-up?

A sceptical reader has so far resisted their dentist's attempts to book them in with a hygienist

Are dentists a rip-off?

A reader wonders, is there any point in seeing a dental hygienist, and is dental insurance anything more than a rip-off?

Bupa accuses surgeons of performing unnecessary knee operations

Doctors deny private health insurer's claim that many knee arthroscopies performed on Bupa patients are unnecessary

Social care report threatens to leave people vulnerable

There's big money to be made for private equity and venture capital companies and insurers under Dilnot's plans, says Ray Jones; but where will it leave vulnerable people?

Good deals on dental cover needn’t be like pulling teeth

Think about personal and family health insurance options if you want to keep your dentist bills down

Single payer health: it’s only fair

Bernie Sanders: US healthcare is grossly distorted by waste and profit, while millions go uninsured. Americans deserve full universal coverage