Hundreds of mental health experts issue rallying call against austerity
400 counsellors, psychotherapists and others sign letter saying ‘society thrown completely off balance’ by ‘emotional toxicity of neoliberal thinking’
The election’s gone to pot: Northern Ireland gets broadcast from pro-cannabis party
Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol (Cista) party has enough candidates in Northern Ireland to qualify for a five-minute slot on television there
Ed Miliband accuses Tories of trying to ‘fund NHS on an IOU’
Labour leader promises to provide 3,000 extra midwives as he lambasts George Osborne’s pledge of an extra £8bn a year for health service
Dear Nigel Farage – children will play if we close roads, not borders
The Ukip leader should beware misplaced nostalgia (even if he denies it). Traffic and computers better explain the lack of football games in the street
Outlaw ‘designer vagina’ surgery, say MPs
Home affairs committee says FGM Act should be expanded to cover cosmetic procedures that have no medical purpose, though government says this is already covered in law
Will the US ever pass a new chemical safety law?
Senators have introduced dueling bills to revamp a 39-year-old law regulating chemicals in the US, pitting environmentalists against businesses
‘Disease is no longer a problem’ claims deadly bacteria
Dean Burnett: Following Nigel Farage’s lead, medicine and healthcare have been described as unnecessary by several deadly diseases
So homeopathy can help cure TB? Tell that to my sick patients
When politicians call for homeopathy and other alternative treatments to get government money, they’re promoting quackery and wasting desperately-needed funds
Furness hospital’s ‘lethal mix’ of failings led to deaths of 12, report says
Report finds ‘failures at almost very level’ including midwives on ‘seriously dysfunctional’ maternity ward known as ‘musketeers’ due to their cavalier attitude
Lucy Glennon: what her life tells us about the real effects of cuts for disabled people
The writer and disability activist has died at the age of 29, having faced the excruciating pain of her condition with bravery and humour. But she also had first-hand experience of how welfare rules are making life tougher for the most vulnerable