Vaginal mesh left me in agony. When will women’s health be taken seriously?

Women have lost their bladders, their bowels, their sex lives – yet feel ignored and helpless. Now lots of women are suing the NHS it’s time these operations ended

Burnout, depression and anxiety – why the NHS has a problem with staff health

Despite efforts from NHS England to improve the wellbeing of its staff, progress has been inconsistent and employee ill-health remains widespread

Jeremy Hunt orders investigation into baby deaths at NHS trust

Health secretary asks NHS England to look into cluster of deaths at Shrewsbury and Telford trust that were deemed avoidable

Let’s applaud Simon Stevens: the NHS boss with a plan

He is taking a risk in scrapping surgery targets, but it should help our ailing health service

‘My endometriosis diagnosis took 20 years’: readers on their struggles for help

Gynaecological problems are common. So why is it so hard to get help for them? Four women told us their stories

NHS ‘waving white flag’ as it axes 18-week waiting time operation target

New plan abandons target for hospitals to carry out 92% of non-urgent operations within 18 weeks and cuts surgery of ‘limited clinical value’

Simon Stevens’ delivery plan for the NHS explained

With the health service under unprecedented pressures of both finance and demand, the NHS England chief has outlined proposals to safeguard its future

Joanna Cannon vows to keep working in NHS after £300,000 book deal

Novelist who began writing to relieve the stress of her psychiatry job says literary success will not stop her listening to ‘real voices’ in hospital

I have vulvodynia – but countless gynaecologists dismissed my agony

Statistics say that one in six women will contract this painful condition. So why did it take years and endless misdiagnoses before I was properly treated?

‘An unrealistic pressure’: mothers on what it’s like to breastfeed

The majority of women stop breastfeeding after two months, despite health experts’ advice to continue to at least six. We speak to mothers about their experiences