Healthcare

One in ten children receiving NHS gender care are self-medicating with sex hormones

New data reveals the number of children taking either testosterone or oestrogen

Our food portions are bigger than ever

Standard dinner plates are two to three inches larger than 50 years ago

My first kleptomania patient

The disease raises questions about the limits of criminal responsibility, though a breach of trust is a breach of trust

January 1973: Paul Foot rails against establishment neglect of the thalidomide children

Wes Streeting grants families full inquiry into Leeds maternity care

The Health Secretary agreed to investigate after hearing of “repeated maternity failures”

The missing trusts from the maternity review

Why has the government excluded some of the worst-performing hospital units from its investigation?

Make weight loss hard again

The Ozempic shortcut is a pretty slender achievement.

Doctors are striking over the shambles that’s been made of their careers

During my three decades of service in the NHS, my profession has been denigrated and devalued.

The NHS will be paid to cut waiting lists – at great cost to patient safety

Are some people destined to become collateral damage so that lists “fall” faster?

The cult of Luigi Mangione

We should be chilled by Mangione’s alleged actions – but also by the nihilism in American society that drove him.

The NHS England power grab

Also this week: The miracle of organ donation and the beauty of the bullfinch.

Labour has finally seized command of the health service

With the dissolution of NHS England, the government has the power – and the responsibility – to truly reform healthcare.

Q&A: The hidden crisis in the NHS

The resignation of NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard represents a chance to clear out a broken managerial system.

Can Kim Leadbeater justify her assisted dying bill?

The MP behind this ethically transformative piece of legislation answers her critics.

The Do No Harm dilemma

What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?

NHS England has no idea about GPs

Reform will only happen when the organisation confronts how lamentably wrong-headed it has been.

Why the assassination of Brian Thompson ignited American politics

The UnitedHealthcare CEO is seen as part of a supposedly tyrannical oligarchy.

Why MPs should vote to legalise assisted dying

Maintaining a cruel status quo is not a neutral choice.

Expert analysis and comment from Andrew Dilnot, Bola Owolabi and Helen Morgan.

How should the government tackle health inequalities?

Addressing the issue will be key to fulfilling its health mission.