Anti-abortion group drafted in as sexual health adviser to government

Coalition appoints pro-abstinence charity Life to key sexual health forum, while omitting British Pregnancy Advisory Service

TV review: 24 Hours in A&E and Two Greedy Italians

There are no ministering angels in this A&E – it's a fanfare for everyday NHS work, writes Sarah Dempster

Elderly people hurt in falls being failed by the NHS, report finds

Audit finds 'unacceptable variations' in quality of care for over-65s in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

This satnav of the labour ward is driving us the wrong way

Annalisa Barbieri: Birth monitors cost the NHS millions, and were never meant to replace a labouring woman's default help: the midwife

Stillbirth rate in UK one of Europe’s highest, Lancet finds

Report says many of 4,000 babies stillborn each year could be saved with increase in awareness and research

Experts speak out on what Andrew Lansley should change in his health bill

As the health secretary delays legislation, professionals and politicians say what they think he should do now with his plans

NHS reforms: Mutuals will give staff ‘right to provide’

Move to establish social enterprises which could be contracted to provide care likely to be seen as step towards privatisation

Surgeons to perform first UK face and hand transplant

Patients being assessed for radical double procedure as NHS watchdog warns more evidence of risks is needed

HIV tests to be offered in high-prevalence areas

London, Birmingham and Manchester among cities covered by policy to reduce stigma and spread of disease

Safe in their hands? Margaret Drabble on the threat facing the NHS

Margaret Drabble: Our experiences of the NHS are woven into the fabric of our lives – and our fiction. It is a brilliant and beautiful construction, yet now – extraordinarily – we seem to be on the brink of losing it