Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’
Rise in number of pregnant women in England not getting help they need, survey finds
CQC study finds falls across a range of metrics dealing with antenatal care, labour, childbirth and postnatal care
Robert Twycross obituary
Doctor who transformed pain relief and emphasised the need for a holistic approach for patients in palliative care
Nine hours and 52 minutes: did Dave Strachan’s ambulance wait cost him his life?
When he woke up with chest pains, his wife, Lucille, called 999, expecting help to arrive in minutes. But as he drifted in and out of consciousness, their wait continued ...
‘We have learned to have low expectations’: why can’t British hospitals serve better food?
After spending years in and out of hospital with my daughter, I know the patients’ food isn’t usually very good. But does it have to be this way?
‘They remind me there’s a life after cancer’: how paintings in NHS hospitals help patients feel better
Feedback on the benefits of displaying pictures on wards, now gathered in a new book, is backed by scientific studies
Carole Pound obituary
Other lives: Speech and language therapist whose academic research focused on humanising service for people with aphasia
I thought I was fine with being bald. But the chance of a cure has stirred up all sorts of feelings
It’s almost 30 years since I lost my hair to alopecia. What if Pfizer’s drug Litfulo could bring it back? asks Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
My report on the NHS diagnosed its dire condition. Now here’s the cure
Making healthy life expectancy central to all government policy is the surest way of stemming demand on the health service, says surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi
The Guardian view on children and smartphones: setting some limits is a good idea
Editorial: Mobile phone use is not the biggest issue facing schools – or society. But device-free time is important