Trust is essential in these times. But Boris Johnson is not a man to be trusted

The prime minister has shown a woeful lack of responsibility as the Covid-19 pandemic has escalated

The Guardian view on Covid-19 and politics: institutionally vulnerable

Editorial: British government and parliamentary democracy are trapped in outdated buildings and habits. The coronavirus has exposed the need to rethink how they work

Rishi Sunak confirms tampon tax will be scrapped

Women’s sanitary products will be zero-rated for VAT after end of Brexit transition period

Portugal considers subsidising UK tourists’ post-Brexit healthcare

Country considers continuing cover offered by European health insurance card

Bradford puts money on libraries to boost city’s health

£700,000 could be diverted from Yorkshire council’s wellbeing budget to offset library cuts

New mothers in England to receive health check six weeks after giving birth

Campaigners welcome move to assess women for physical and mental wellbeing

Health secretary to investigate allegations of women denied epidurals

Matt Hancock ‘concerned’ by reports of pain relief refused during childbirth by NHS trusts

How might A&E departments without targets work? Look to sexual health clinics

Accident and emergency makes the headlines. Meanwhile, under-reported services are collapsing through lack of funding, says the Guardian’s Polly Toynbee

How to save the NHS… by five bestselling medical memoirists

With medical memoirs now the hottest ticket in publishing, we asked five acclaimed authors for their views on the crisis in the NHS

Blue spaces: why time spent near water is the secret of happiness

Coastal environments have been shown to improve our health, body and mind. So should doctors start issuing nature-based prescriptions?