Children being failed by health system, says head of watchdog

From knife crime to hospital care, young people still put at risk, according to outgoing head of Healthcare Commission

What price a unit of happiness?

With medical and political opinion ranged against drinking alcohol, it's unfortunate that happiness is so hard to quantify in official statistics

Everything you could possibly need on disatribution of medical personnel - and it's all by country

Maggie Mahar: At yesterday's White House summit, the new president got a taste of the bitter health-reform battles that lie ahead

Talking to Your Teenager About Sex and Relationships pamphlet is unveiled by children's minister

Government is to launch adult autism strategy, followed by 12-week consultation period to address failure in care

Karl Riley: Young gay men are increasingly blasé about barebacking – because charities are reluctant to condemn it

Antenatal classes, £340m for child disability support and more contraception promotion to teenagers included in new child health strategy

Edzard Ernst: The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council's claims to regulate alternative medicine are misleading and dangerous

New directive will allow Britons who need organs urgently to get them in countries that have a surplus