If doctors fear being sued, taking away that fear might help patients

Richard P Grant: A bill being considered by the Department of Health might make it easier, when all else has failed, to get the treatment you need

More women should give birth at home, advice suggests

Government health advisers say more mothers-to-be should opt for home births when deciding where to have their baby

IVF and the NHS: the parents navigating fertility’s postcode lottery

What are you entitled to for free on the NHS, how much should you spend on private treatment? And how can you cut costs?

Antibiotic resistance: 6 diseases that may come back to haunt us

Mike Turner: Still think of TB, typhoid and gonorrhoea as infections from the past? WHO's terrifying report will make you think again

Jeremy Hunt asked medical chief to look at studies backing homeopathy

Health secretary passed studies funded by homeopathic firm to Prof Dame Sally Davies, emails show

Death doulas: helping people face up to dying

People often seek support to bring a new life into the world, but what about when we are preparing to leave it? Eleanor Tucker speaks to death doula Rebecca Green

At last, a doctor who respects older mothers

Lynsey Hanley: David Richmond recognises why women are having babies later – they want to take control of their lives

Top maternity doctor: increasing age of first motherhood is irreversible

No point in warning women to have children by age of 35 as they are making conscious decision, says David Richmond

Sales reps in NHS maternity wards are a marketing push too far for mothers

We have come to associate parenthood with buying stuff – but that's no reason to subject bed-bound new mums to the hard sell, says Mumsnet editor Sarah Crown

NHS adviser calls for needle exchanges for steroid users

Nice says NHS should provide services at gyms and develop policies to help young people who inject performance drugs