Should acupuncture be used more widely in the NHS?

A growing body of healthcare practitioners believe acupunture should be offered routinely for more conditions including pain in labour and cancer

‘Chain of failings’ led to death of Charlotte Bevan and her newborn baby, coroner rules

Coroner says mentally ill woman, who left a Bristol hospital and jumped off a cliff holding her baby, needed a care plan and psychiatric help after she gave birth

The NHS’s digital doctor will see you now – cartoon

If Jeremy Hunt gets his way, what might a computerised patient interface look like?

Profit, not patients: the risks of private medicine

Ultimately, private providers have their shareholders’ interests at heart, not their patients’. A GP and celebrated writer shares his experiences of how the healthcare system works

Junior NHS doctors have it easy now, or do they? – cartoon

Why older doctors complaining about a possible strike by their younger colleagues might be in need of a reality check

Feel unwell? Call the fire brigade – cartoon

A pilot scheme is asking firefighters visiting homes to check on smoke alarms to do health checks at the same time. Who does that leave to put out the fires?

NHS reports 1,026 new cases of female genital mutilation in three months

Health and Social Care Information Centre figures show extent of illegal practice in UK, with 75% of FGM cases self-reported

The unlikely saviour of the NHS: drug-resistant gonorrhoea

The epic challenges of the post-antibiotic age will take the debate beyond the well-worn issues of obesity and old age

Tai chi can help older patients with disabling conditions – study

GPs should prescribe sessions of Chinese exercises, study says, after finding it helps patients with breathing problems, osteoarthritis and heart disease

What does Jeremy Corbyn’s victory mean for the NHS? – cartoon

The Labour leader’s landslide victory can only be good news for overworked doctors … or can it?