Whooping cough jab to be offered during pregnancy Vaccine now available for women in 28th to 38th week of pregnancy in move to halt surge in baby deaths
Rochdale police and council ‘repeatedly warned’ about sex abuse risk in town NHS team made 83 referrals to borough council from 2004-10 in town harbouring gang of nine finally jailed over child sex ring
Neonatal nurse shortage ‘puts babies’ lives at risk in Wales’ Report finds 'significant shortfall' of specialist neonatal nurses across all Welsh health boards
Jeremy Hunt under fire for stance on NHS tribute, homeopathy and abortion Labour claims health secretary's apparent attempt to exclude NHS scenes from Olympic ceremony shows lack of support
How can GPs meet the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual patients? Assumptions are the biggest issue facing LGB patients in the surgery, says Dennis Baldwin of the Lesbian & Gay Foundation
Class divide in health widens, says thinktank King's Fund thinktank finds those with no qualifications are five times more likely to smoke, drink, and neglect diet and exercise
Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: when should I see a cancer specialist? Britain doesn't have a great cancer-survival record compared with the rest of Europe. Is it because GPs don't refer patients when they should?
Will patients really die this week because of new NHS hospital doctors? Today is "black Wednesday", day one of the killing season, when hospital death rates spike by 6%. But is it really true? Help us find the facts
Caesarean sections result in infections for one in ten patients, study finds NHS urged to make reduction of problem a priority as overweight and teenage mothers found to be most likely to suffer
Close small maternity units and centralise care, demands leading doctor Childbirth expert Dr Tony Falconer says bigger centralised units would be able to provide better care