Jamie Oliver’s brain food crusade runs aground as school dinners hit £2.60

Healthy meals mean better grades, insists television's top chef Jamie Oliver, but price rises put progress at risk

NHS reforms: Mutuals will give staff ‘right to provide’

Move to establish social enterprises which could be contracted to provide care likely to be seen as step towards privatisation

Surgeons to perform first UK face and hand transplant

Patients being assessed for radical double procedure as NHS watchdog warns more evidence of risks is needed

HIV tests to be offered in high-prevalence areas

London, Birmingham and Manchester among cities covered by policy to reduce stigma and spread of disease

Cost of care in old age rises to average of £50,000

Research for government inquiry finds one in five of those needing residential care face bills of more than £100,000

LazyTown and Sportacus join drive to improve children’s health

Tories to use cult television programme to promote physical activities and attack junk food

Health bill means service will be forced to compete with private firms

Dr Mark Porter warns that introducing competition means private firms will be able to cherrypick patients with easy complaints

NHS shakeup risks return to 1930s, warns leading doctor

Reforms means service will be 'tattered safety net' for patients with complex illnesses, says Dr Mark Porter

Forests U-turn – the Tories should have known better

Alexander Chancellor: I am shocked and amazed David Cameron couldn't see the wood for the trees when it came to selling off Britain's forests