Ministers back anti-abortion lobby reforms
Charities warn of 'distress and delay' as they are stripped of principal responsibility to counsel women seeking a termination
Incapacity benefit was a lifeline after my accident – would I be so lucky now?
Tim Rushby-Smith: The cuts get personal: Welfare helped me rebuild my future after a spinal cord injury
The Saturday interview: Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries says she is pro-choice, yet ever since she got into parliament she has tried to tighten the rules on abortion. Is she a true free spirit, or just rather confused, asks Zoe Williams
North/South health – an expert view finds right, and wrong, in both political camps
Guest blogger David Buck, Senior Fellow in Public Health at the King's Fund, pitches in on the debate started by Northerner political columnist, Ed Jacobs
How do we tackle the North/South divide on health funding?
The Northerner blog's Friday columnist Ed Jacobs looks at serious inequalities in our small country, and rival views about how to iron them out
Having cancer is an education, and this is what I have learned
Mike Marqusee: Illness introduced me to a beautiful network of dependence – and a struggle for autonomy I can't win on my own
These work capability assessments are a farce
Sue Marsh: So, politicians designed an incapacity benefits system in which virtually nobody qualifies for help. How can that be justified?
Tough action needed for better public health
Nudging people towards healthier lifestyles has been shown to be unlikely to work. So it's time for some radical action by ministers
Birth defects linked for first time to smoking in pregnancy
Clubfoot and missing limbs among malformations in newborns proven to be associated with expectant mothers who smoke
Breastfeeding by UK mothers rises from 76% to 81%
Figures show healthier trend, but official infant feeding survey finds great variations across regions and socio-economic groups