My virtual support network
Most people with depression need some kind of therapy, but could a computer replace a counsellor? Tim Lott finds out
Two more swine flu cases hit UK
Latest among UK total of 34 to contract swine flu include pupil at one of the five schools closed due to outbreak
Fatal mistake by relief doctor sparks out-of-hours cover row
Minister face calls to change out-of-hours system after case of German GP who accidentally killed patient highlights flaws in system
Up to 1.2 million could be hospitalised in Britain in event of pandemic
Guidance prepared by the Department of Health outlines the worst-case-scenario in swine flu pandemic
Swine flu is a headache for doctors
Ann Robinson: So far, the only symptom of the swine flu outbreak seen by most UK GPs is anxiety, but we could do with more guidance
Did working in a hospital give me cancer?
Experience: I was a doctor for 40 years - it was an interesting and rewarding occupation, and it never crossed my mind that while I was making people better, the hospital could actually be making me ill
C diff infections falling, say new figures
An 11% drop in cases of the superbug were recorded in the final quarter of last year, according to the Health Protection Agency
NHS trusts see spending on obesity rise seven-fold in three years
Obesity data collated by NHS shows high demand in many trusts for stomach surgery and gastric bypasses
The mourning after
He'd heard the debates about the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS, but only when novelist Chris Paling found himself on a ward with long-term alcoholics did he really grasp the prognosis
Are we sick of hospital food?
What are your experiences of hospital food? The outstanding, the dire, and the merely passable; Jay Rayner wants to know about it all