Every doctor has one death they remember. For me, it was you

You had cancer and only hours to live; your husband’s last wish was for your parents to see you one last time

Disabled people are to be ‘warehoused’. We should be livid

New rules could see 13,000 people with disabilities and long-term health needs forced into care homes. This is treating people as objects to be stored

The sad truth about having a baby: ‘cattle’ care is now the norm

A new report confirms our worst fears about lack of midwives and lack of continuity. The situation is frustrating and dangerous – and it’s getting worse

Private health insurance sales surge amid NHS crisis

Ongoing crisis in public healthcare and economic recovery may have triggered first rise in seven years, but impeding Brexit means future is uncertain

Crisis, what NHS crisis? Theresa May must stop this denial

I’ve turned around three failing hospitals, and I believe the NHS will keel over unless ministers start to address its problems and stop blaming GPs and patients

High-quality abortion services come at a price, so let’s pay it

Abortion care charities now have to compete for contracts – and NHS cost-cutting means the cheapest service is almost always commissioned

Samer Nashef: ‘Understanding the healthcare system is a matter of life or death’

The cardiac specialist reveals how what really goes on behind the operating door inspired his book The Naked Surgeon

Kids on the Edge review – an antidote to the hysteria around gender identity

The first of Peter Beard’s three-part series looking at children’s mental health visits an NHS identity development clinic and steadily dismantles inaccurate fears around what is clearly a complex process

Targets matter – because a day with cancer worries feels like a year

New research reveals that more than 130,000 people were not seen or treated when they needed to be. The only solution is a properly funded NHS

NHS to offer safer Down’s syndrome test to pregnant women

Non-invasive prenatal test allows screening without risk of miscarriage but critics fear it could lead to an increase in terminations