My wife’s £10,000 bill for cancer treatment makes me appreciate the NHS
Faced with the huge cost of vital healthcare in South Africa, I’ve realised how lucky we are to have the NHS in the UK. We must fight to protect it
The truth about stress in the NHS – cartoon
GP and graphic novelist Ian Williams on the impact of high pressure working conditions on the health system
Dr Now: the smartphone app that puts you in touch with a GP – for a fee
New rash of apps exploit gaps in overstretched NHS by offering subscribers virtual consultation with a GP
‘I was cross that my child had to beg the prime minister for a drug’
Sue Barnley’s son has a rare fatal disease. Her family is having an increasingly bitter fight to get funding for his treatment
I protect the public from infectious diseases – whether from sneezing or sex
The work I’m doing in public health only scratches the surface. If only we had more time and resources
Is listening to Jeremy Hunt the real weekend danger in the NHS?
The #ImInWorkJeremy hashtag went viral after the health secretary called for a ‘seven-day’ NHS
Get a tip from a barmaid: pub staff could be used to spread public health message
Royal Society for Public Health report suggests using cleaners, hairdressers and postal workers and venues such as pubs to help reach people doctors do not see
Don’t call believers in homeopathy idiots – it will push them further from science
Those attacking Jeremy Corbyn for supporting the NHS provision of homeopathy are helping to entrench the perceived elitism of mainstream medicine
£1 coin for your hospital trolley? The NHS’s supermarket-style makeover – cartoon
The NHS must learn from Asda to ensure staff take more ‘pride and joy’ in their work, says a health minister. So should hospitals charge £1 for a trolley?
FGM: it’s cutting season and NHS staff must be alert to the dangers
There is a real need for extra vigilance in healthcare at this time of year. I urge all health professionals with suspicions about the safety of young girls to speak up