The caring tycoon

The Monday interview: Chaitanya Patel has been many things in his time: child of a poor immigrant family, NHS doctor, City hotshot, Tony Blair's health guru - and multimillionaire owner of the Priory group of rehab clinics.

Risks seen in patient choice

Giving patients more choice of where and how they are treated could put them at risk, says the consumer lobby group Which?.

Putting a lid on it

As a radical European directive bans many nutrients from being used in supplements, Dr John Briffa wonders whether a lack of pills will make us ill.