Last month, a mother of three children was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment for ending her pregnancy. She was prosecuted under Section 58 of the Offences against the Person Act, a piece of legislation dating from 1861 that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

“Why do e-scooters and e-bikes keep exploding?” Asked a recent newspaper headline. And with good reason.

When we launched the NHS Parliamentary Awards five years ago nobody could have known how much they would come to mean to our brilliant, dedicated staff.

Inequalities between people and places are major and persistent challenges for the UK. Yet decades of policy interventions have largely failed to close the gaps that exist between different groups. Now a major new publication by Policy@Manchester, The University of Manchester’s policy engagement institute, suggests that embedding change needs to start with the local.

Pfizer UK's John McGinley explains how a flexible approach to COVID-19 management can offer the best outcomes for patients and the NHS.

Former chancellor George Osborne has told the Covid Inquiry that there was “no planning” in the Treasury for lockdowns as a response to a possible future pandemic.

Former prime minister David Cameron has told the Covid Inquiry it was a “mistake” for his government not to have prepared for a range of different types of pandemics, and instead placing a disproportionate focus on influenza.

The sentencing of a woman for procuring an abortion at a late stage in her pregnancy has provoked significant reaction. For some the focus has been the advanced nature of her pregnancy. For others, the length of the sentence that has been handed down. Some of us are horrified by both.

By drawing on the power of technology, policymakers have the potential to reduce the UK's stark health inequalities and save lives.

Imagine being able to get a timely diagnosis, be prescribed personalised treatments and experience few, if any, side effects.

Bayer's CardioRenal Business Manager, Reena Cholera, explains how our health services can improve the prevention of diabetic kidney disease.

Successive governments have sought to reduce obesity through 14 strategies over 30 years – all of which have failed to fix the broken food system.

40 Parliamentarians from 24 countries call on G7 leaders to invest in neglected tropical diseases.

Problem gambling rates in England ‘appear to be falling’ according to a new NHS Health Survey, published today.

WSP’s UK Head of Healthcare, Anisha Mayor, sets out the case in favour of moving to a standard design for future hospitals.

In the United Kingdom over 1.25 million people suffer with anorexia or bulimia, more than one million have body dysmorphic disorder and between 500,000 and one million people use anabolic steroids.

In the midst of a crisis facing our health service, with record waits for operations, long delays in A&E and strikes not seen in generations, it could be easy for public health interventions to take a back seat. But the difference interventions such as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy can make are significant.

In the second of a series of articles following the publication of Hologic’s report into Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, ‘The right patients, the right setting, the right clinicians’, Sarah Smith reflects on how we can better give women the space to talk about, and receive treatment for, challenging menstrual health conditions.

From being a talented musician to fighting to save children from the horrors of genocide, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has led many lives. Now shadow mental health minister, she talks to Zoe Crowther about her latest mission: to end the crisis facing mental health services in the NHS. Photography by Baldo Sciacca

Nurses in England have rejected the government’s offer of a pay rise and will go back out on strike later this month, it has been announced.

Funding for prevention should reflect the scale of the problem.

As London Marathon’s longest continual sponsor, Lucozade Sport is proud to be sponsoring the TCS London Marathon yet again as the brand’s owner, Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) calls for Government to further promote sport participation and physical activity in deprived communities.

The other day my NCT group were visiting a cafe popular with parents and babies in Hammersmith. My friend Rachel, a GP, arrived with her baby who needs a nappy change. “I don’t think they have a changing station here," another mum says. So Rachel had to change her baby on the bathroom floor.