The Secret Doctor: people would use the NHS less if they knew the true price tags

A survey shows people vastly underestimate NHS costs. If they understood the real expenditure, they might use the service more responsibly

Innovative solutions to the NHS funding gap – cartoon

Keeping the health service free at the point of entry may result in some compromises

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

‘Take out the sugar and everything changes’: the lab on the food wars frontline

As health experts step up the attack on the amount of sugar in our diets, scientists are testing just how much change ordinary consumers will accept