Nurses vote to back decriminalisation of prostitution Royal College of Nurses to lobby UK government in move to protect sex workers’ health
When survival is a popularity contest: the heartbreak of crowdfunding healthcare A growing number of Britons are turning to online fundraising for essential treatment in a desperate, ‘Dickensian’ attempt to get around NHS shortfalls. But does it work?
Neglect by mental health trust led to Bristol student’s suicide Coroner rules Avon and Wiltshire trust failed in the care of Natasha Abrahart
‘My tutor said it wasn’t a job for a man’: my journey from roofer to midwife I’ve encountered sexism, but it’s an amazing job and an honour to support women giving birth
Call for poor and disabled to be given NHS fitness trackers Vulnerable groups ‘could be left behind by technology revolution in medicine’, widening health inequality
My life as a midwife is nothing like it’s portrayed on TV The smiling angels of Call the Midwife and hi-tech cheerleaders of documentaries create a simplistic and unhelpful impression
Sexual dysfunction cuts risk ‘leaving thousands in UK without help’ Women especially affected, with relationships and ability to conceive impacted, say experts
Molly Case, the NHS nurse who finds poetry on the wards The student nurse whose impassioned poem about the NHS went viral talks about her new memoir
Health secretary wants NHS to roll out genetic tests to detect diseases Matt Hancock hails ‘game-changer’ but critics raise racial bias and ‘fatalism’ concerns
Why the NHS wants patients to poo, pee and be sick The health service is ditching words such as faeces, urine and vomit in favour of simpler language that everyone can understand