My life as a midwife is nothing like it’s portrayed on TV
The smiling angels of Call the Midwife and hi-tech cheerleaders of documentaries create a simplistic and unhelpful impression
Sexual dysfunction cuts risk ‘leaving thousands in UK without help’
Women especially affected, with relationships and ability to conceive impacted, say experts
Molly Case, the NHS nurse who finds poetry on the wards
The student nurse whose impassioned poem about the NHS went viral talks about her new memoir
Health secretary wants NHS to roll out genetic tests to detect diseases
Matt Hancock hails ‘game-changer’ but critics raise racial bias and ‘fatalism’ concerns
Why the NHS wants patients to poo, pee and be sick
The health service is ditching words such as faeces, urine and vomit in favour of simpler language that everyone can understand
Thousands offered blood pressure drugs as threshold reduced
New guidelines propose drugs be offered if 10%, not 20%, risk of cardiovascular disease
Scotland’s introduction of HIV drug PrEP ‘puts England to shame’
Less than 0.25% of at-risk people contracted HIV after preventative treatment, report says
With councils and the NHS at loggerheads, vital services are at risk
As with Brexit negotiations, some people prefer to walk away or refuse to budge, rather than work together to find solutions
I don’t need a digital pill to monitor me – I just need to see a doctor
Sometimes patients need to talk to a live human being, says academic Lienkie Diedericks
Concerns over birthing options as NHS shuts midwife-led centres
Trusts say midwives needed in hospitals, as critics argue women’s right to choose under threat