Mental health counselling on NHS will be a right, says Burnham

Shadow health secretary highlights cuts and 'biggest unaddressed health challenge' as he pledges Labour solution

Childhood rickets is back – while vitamin D sits in warehouses

Colin Michie: Vitamins work, but an existing scheme has failed because of problems with supply chains, delivery systems and staff training

Lucy Mangan: who says 15 minutes is too short for a care visit? Chins up, people

More than 75% of care visits to the elderly and/or disabled take less than 15 minutes. Which is plenty of time, apparently

Women, we’ve got to talk about our drinking

Ann Dowsett Johnston: British girls are the west's biggest teenage drinkers. As we were with tobacco, we're in deep denial about the dangers of alcohol

Health insurance firm forced to drop misleading advert about NHS deaths

Website wrongly accused the NHS of causing 13,000 needless deaths

You suffer a heart attack out in the wilds. Could your mates save you?

Cyclist Pete Holroyd survived a heart attack thanks to cool-headed friends and luck. But if more of us were first-aid aware, many more lives could be saved. Brian Oliver reports

Support for mothers and babies needs overhaul, says UK health minister

New preventive approach from conception to second birthday would be aimed at avoiding mental and physical problems later

Children ‘more likely to have can of pop than eat enough fruit and vegetables’

British Heart Foundation concerned about heart disease later in life as report reveals children's lifestyles lack enough exercise

Nation’s exercise levels ‘shockingly low’

Report shows that many people take little or no part in physical activity, with nearly 80% failing to hit government targets

NHS 111: ‘We’ll call you back’

Michele Hanson: The health service's non-emergency helpline has never been much help to the people I know who've called it