NHS ‘waving white flag’ as it axes 18-week waiting time operation target

New plan abandons target for hospitals to carry out 92% of non-urgent operations within 18 weeks and cuts surgery of ‘limited clinical value’

Simon Stevens’ delivery plan for the NHS explained

With the health service under unprecedented pressures of both finance and demand, the NHS England chief has outlined proposals to safeguard its future

Few foods on track to meet salt reduction targets, survey reveals

Research by Consensus Action on Salt and Health finds bread rolls are the only foodstuff likely to meet 2017 targets

Inadequate sex education creating ‘health time bomb’

‘Shockingly high’ numbers of STI diagnoses prompt councils to call for compulsory sex education in UK secondary schools

Disabled people are to be ‘warehoused’. We should be livid

New rules could see 13,000 people with disabilities and long-term health needs forced into care homes. This is treating people as objects to be stored

Crisis, what NHS crisis? Theresa May must stop this denial

I’ve turned around three failing hospitals, and I believe the NHS will keel over unless ministers start to address its problems and stop blaming GPs and patients

Dutch woman resident in UK for 30 years may have to leave after Brexit

Jet Cooper, who has raised three children here and whose husband is ill, told she may not qualify for permanent residency without private health insurance

The US could be vastly different a year from now. Here’s how

If Donald Trump and his cabinet picks have their way, our country could be quite changed at this time next year

Self-help works for us as individuals – but as a society we’re failing

We have spent decades seeking self-improvement but the price has been loss of tolerance and empathy

Prostate cancer laser treatment could be a gamechanger for men

A drug that can kill cancerous cells without the side-effects of radical surgery is causing massive excitement for good reason