Deaths caused by two superbugs soar as health inspectorate accuses government

· 5,436 deaths from MRSA and C. difficile in 2005 · More die from infections than are killed on roads

The NHS needs a policy rethink, not a constitution

Response: The government's approach is at odds with the core values of the health service, says Debbie Abrahams.

Donations to clarity

Libby Brooks: Last night's debate on the politics of wellbeing attracted many disparate voices, but to keep the conversation going we need much more focus.

Doctors to lose right of self-policing

The General Medical Council will lose its authority to decide on whether doctors are fit to practice, under government plans announced today.

Matthews lays off 130 turkey workers

· Producer reports 40% slump in sales · Bird flu danger not over, Miliband warns MPs

NHS ‘spending £500m a year too much on drugs’

2.30pm update: The Office of Fair Trading says the health service is handing pharmaceutical companies too much money for some branded prescription medicines.

Drugs price fixing scheme costs health service millions, says OFT

A secretive price-fixing scheme operated between the Department of Health and the major pharmaceutical companies has resulted in the NHS spending many millions of pounds more than it should have for drugs.

The nasty country

Madeleine Bunting: But are politicians to blame for Britain's social recession and can they put it right?

Blair pledges to cut waiting times to 18 weeks

The prime minister made the promise as the government's NHS reforms came under renewed attack from doctors and health unions.

10 family breaks

Youth hostelling | Stables | Camping | Farmhouse | Adventure | Wilderness | Gourmet | Walking | Paris | Lakeside