Cover me – I’m going ahead alone
You've struck out and set up your own business - but can you afford to insure yourself in case things go wrong? Part two in a series on insurance for different stages of life.
NHS bosses: top five earners
1. Dr Jonathan Michael University Hospital Birmingham trust, £144,000
Is coffee really the devil’s brew?
Many of us can't start the day without it, but new research says it stops us working well. Oliver Burkeman searches for the truth about caffeine.
Cold chills
Turning up ill to look after sick people isn't a sensible idea, but is a new system of assessing days off scaring NHS staff into work?
Staff development at heart of NHS reforms
Government strategy recognises the growing importance of human resources in creating an environment for improving patient services
Human side of a changing health service
Name Jim McCaffery Age 46 Job director of personnel and development, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Salary around £95,000
A core role in health
Case study: NHS head of human resources
The CV that got Nigel Crisp the top job in the NHS
In the words of one health service manager, it is the CV "to die for". Patrick Butler reports.
Promotion tops health agenda
There has never been a better time to be involved in health promotion, says Alison Learmonth, who chairs the society of health education and promotion specialists in England.