Kidney donor not allowed into UK
Immigration authorities have denied entry to a Sri Lankan needed for her daughter-in-law's transplant.
MPs demand free HIV drugs for migrants
Committee plays down 'health tourism' fears, saying asylum seekers should get treatment on NHS.
MPs say lift ban on reproductive human cloning
The creation of a half-man/half-animal may be thought to be the stuff of science fiction, but this week MPs will recommend that the government overturns its ban on such experiments.
The politics of childbirth
Overly medicalised? Starved of resources? Understaffed? Our story yesterday about one family's tragic experience of childbirth on the NHS has focused attention on maternity services in Britain. But are things really that bad? Sarah Boseley asks some of those on the frontline if they have faith in the system.
Hospitals deny patients facts on death rates
Guardian investigation under freedom of information extracts first data on heart surgeons and reveals successes and failures of system.
Lib Dems’ health shakeup
Patients with chronic illnesses such as cystic fibrosis and multiple sclerosis could be given free medication, the Liberal Democrat leader said yesterday.