The BMA seems to have forgotten what the N in NHS stands for

The union’s conference applauded speeches about the NHS not having enough money. Then voted to overstretch its resources even further.

Benedict Rogers: Character, values and dignity. Why I am voting for Hunt.

We don’t need a ‘Brexiteer’ leader, we need a unifier, a leader who is not marked by labels but by their ability to implement the referendum result.

Steve Brine: Why I am voting for Hunt

His experience in business, delivering the London Olympics, running the health service, and serving as Foreign Secretary all show his leadership qualities.

Rachel Wolf: Twenty policy questions for the aspiring Conservative leadership candidates.

Lots of people want to know what the next Prime Minister will do for the country on everything other than Brexit.

David Hare: To help ensure better healthcare, politicians must make the case for the NHS internal market

The public are consistently reported as being entirely relaxed about who provides their care. What matters is that it is high quality and free at the point of use.

Hunt has become the longest serving Health Secretary – we will miss him when he’s gone

He has been more robust than any if his predecessors in challenging NHS failings. Prime Ministers seem to have given up trying to sack him.

The reaction to the NHS pay offer shows that relaxing austerity will not be as easy as some imagine

It might please nurses, but provokes new pay demands from teachers, doctors and soldiers. Nor would a hypothecated ‘NHS Tax’ make the issue go away.

Helen Whately: More medical schools means more doctors, which means better healthcare

As a Kent MP, I’m delighted Canterbury is one of the sites chosen to host new training facilities.

J Meirion Thomas: If we are to stop losing our best doctors, we must keep training and retraining them

Some specialist hospitals have made stellar consultant appointments from abroad. However, many doctors relocating here are economic migrants.

Resham Kotecha: The drastic action that the Conservatives must take to address racial inequality

From housing to university access, from the criminal justice system to the House of Commons, ethnic minority communities desire and deserve a fairer deal.

Edward Rees: Taking inspiration from Thatcher’s NHS reforms to improve the service today

The current pressures faced by the health service are not new or exclusive to the 21st Century. Let’s learn from past experience.

WATCH: “Does the Prime Minister agree with the Foreign Secretary?” Corbyn deploys Johnson’s NHS funding demand against May

In return, the Prime Minister pledges to continue increasing funding for the health service, while the Labour leader tries to pit her against A&E doctors.

Hugh Byrne: Winter pressure on hospital beds is inevitable – the NHS must adapt to manage it

Elective surgical centres would be an efficient way to lighten the load on acute hospitals. The health service must be less monolithic in order to cope better.

Stephen Booth: The immigration policy that voters want post-Brexit puts control first – and a reduction very much second

Overall, our new report suggests that public attitudes towards immigration – and indeed leaving the EU – are not fuelled by racism or intolerance.

Maria Caulfield: We already have a right to die – and shouldn’t force a duty to kill on doctors and nurses

Even the activists campaigning for legalised assisted suicide have admitted that “the majority of people who die in the UK will not suffer pain”.