Surge in teenagers self-poisoning renews mental health concerns
Almost two in three poisonings are intentional – up 50% in past 20 years – with young women most affected, data shows
Things are going nuclear over the NHS – cartoon
Jeremy Hunt may have abandoned his ‘nuclear option’ of imposing a contract on junior doctors, but the issue still has a toxic afterlife
Funding shortages force NHS to cut caesareans, coroner suggests
Inquest hears financial reasons seemed to be behind decision for a mother to have a natural birth despite her objections. Her baby died days later
All British women have the right to a caesarean – they’re not ‘too posh to push’
Maternity figures have again prompted stigmatising comment. The rules are clear, and British mothers must defend their hard-won freedom to choose
The libraries that offer sexual health services and cancer support
Coventry’s Central Library runs health-related events and a mental health drop-in service, reaching people that the NHS can’t
Too many mothers having early caesareans, report warns
Findings reveal large number of hospitals in England carrying out elective C-sections before 39 weeks despite risk posed to child
NHS England stalls plans for HIV prevention method known as PrEP
Consultation on Truvada will now be shelved, in move sexual health charities have described as ‘shameful’ and ‘failing those at risk’ of HIV
We’ll never live forever: let’s look at end-of-life care differently
A BMA report finds flaws in care for those who are dying. Immortalilty is not all it’s cracked up to be, as Gulliver found out – and it’s better to die on your own terms
Yes, women should choose their maternity care. Why isn’t it happening now?
Baroness Cumberlege’s report proposing personal birth budgets is what many women have wanted for decades – the tricky bit is putting it into practice
These brave mothers’ stories must chip away at the stigma of postnatal mental illness
One in 10 women suffers from pregnancy-related mental health problems, but fear stops them asking for help. A BBC documentary shows it doesn’t have to be that way