Thousands offered blood pressure drugs as threshold reduced

New guidelines propose drugs be offered if 10%, not 20%, risk of cardiovascular disease

Scotland’s introduction of HIV drug PrEP ‘puts England to shame’

Less than 0.25% of at-risk people contracted HIV after preventative treatment, report says

With councils and the NHS at loggerheads, vital services are at risk

As with Brexit negotiations, some people prefer to walk away or refuse to budge, rather than work together to find solutions

I don’t need a digital pill to monitor me – I just need to see a doctor

Sometimes patients need to talk to a live human being, says academic Lienkie Diedericks

Concerns over birthing options as NHS shuts midwife-led centres

Trusts say midwives needed in hospitals, as critics argue women’s right to choose under threat

Without more staff, the NHS plan will fail. GPs will have to pick up the pieces

Government long-term plans for the health service promise a lot, but success depends on having enough people to implement it

Schoolchildren to be offered sleep lessons after rise in disorders

Move follows concerns about ‘hidden health disaster’ of sleeplessness among young

The NHS 10-year plan: what we already know

Changes will include a mental health overhaul and advances in diabetes care

NHS to fund surgery on unborn babies with spina bifida

From April patients will be able to have prenatal procedure to repair foetus’s spine

GPs could prescribe bingo and dancing after English trial’s success

One practice prescribing activities saw 20% cut in hospital outpatient admissions