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

Why it isn’t just NHS staff who need to learn to say sorry – cartoon

GP and graphic novelist Ian Williams on the new guidance that says doctors, nurses and midwives must offer prompt apologies for medical blunders

Stark rise in eating disorders blamed on overexposure to celebrities’ bodies

Dr Colin Michie, a leading paediatrician, speaks out as figures show soaring numbers of young people are being admitted to hospital

Diabetes is at a record high because we’re fatter than ever. But what can be done?

The ‘eat less, do more’ advice, drug regimes and surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes have thus far proved unequal to the scale of this ever-growing menace

The great NHS efficiency drive – cartoon

GP and graphic novelist Ian Williams on why ‘managing with what we’ve got’ might not be the best mantra for an effective health service

GP appointments are hard to get, say third of NHS patients in England

Difficulty seeing same doctor, booking online or obtaining evening appointments casts doubt on David Cameron’s aim of 8am-8pm seven-day GP access

Doctors prescribing antibiotics for gonorrhea that no longer work

GPs give patients ciprofloxacin, which has not been recommended since 2005, raising fears that drug-resistant forms of sexually transmitted disease will spread

Almost one in four deaths ‘avoidable with lifestyle and healthcare changes’

ONS study shows 23% of deaths in England and Wales in 2013 were amenable to treatment or could have been prevented through public health measures