Who wants to see a GP at the weekend? – cartoon

The government might be pushing for seven-day surgeries, but a survey suggests patients are happy with the way things are

NHS urged to respond to growing health dangers of chemsex

Gay men describe how they became dependent on heavy drug use at group sex parties, as alarm is raised over lack of coordinated response

An NHS plagued by ‘health tourism’ – cartoon

Jeremy Hunt has proposed charging foreigners for treatment, but is A&E really a big destination for health tourists?

FGM: reporting of cases among children becomes mandatory

Health professionals, teachers and social workers obliged to report child FGM cases from next week but duty on GPs to record cases among adults sparks row

Special delivery for Jeremy Hunt – cartoon

The correspondence between the health secretary and NHS junior doctors reaches its messy conclusion

Should acupuncture be used more widely in the NHS?

A growing body of healthcare practitioners believe acupunture should be offered routinely for more conditions including pain in labour and cancer

‘Chain of failings’ led to death of Charlotte Bevan and her newborn baby, coroner rules

Coroner says mentally ill woman, who left a Bristol hospital and jumped off a cliff holding her baby, needed a care plan and psychiatric help after she gave birth

The NHS’s digital doctor will see you now – cartoon

If Jeremy Hunt gets his way, what might a computerised patient interface look like?

Profit, not patients: the risks of private medicine

Ultimately, private providers have their shareholders’ interests at heart, not their patients’. A GP and celebrated writer shares his experiences of how the healthcare system works

Junior NHS doctors have it easy now, or do they? – cartoon

Why older doctors complaining about a possible strike by their younger colleagues might be in need of a reality check