Right goals, too many wrong results

Leader: Contrary to cynical Whitehall watchers, there was nothing wrong with the objectives of the new GP contract.

I’m not ’emotional’ – I really do need Herceptin

The breast cancer drug receives national funding in France and Italy. Why not here? asks Kasia Boddy.

Woman wins court battle for breast cancer treatment

· Patient hails ruling that has 'given back her future' · Primary care trusts still allowed to refuse drug

One dead swan doesn’t make a summer of panic

Jackie Ashley: To ward off fears of a bird flu pandemic in a borderless world, our first rule should be: follow the science.

Brown’s guru rebukes NHS

The business leader who convinced Gordon Brown to pour more than £40bn into the NHS has issued a scathing rebuke over the government's failure to deliver genuinely radical improvements to patient care.

Drill and fill is not the answer

Leader: The aim of the new dental contract was a worthy one: replacing a 'drill and fill' approach with more preventive work. But dentists are right to complain about the process.