Daily press conferences – and what should happen next

Needed during the coming weeks: a Government information campaign for older people, their families, employers and businesses.

Iain Dale: My hunch is that employers will pay for this NHS spending spree

Plus: Shame on the Conservative whips. And away with Julian Assange: most of us would happily pay his airfare.

We can’t just tax our way to a better NHS

Yes, some rises are inevitable. But they must be balanced by spending reductions elsewhere if economic policy is to be practicable and coherent.

Hammond’s economicky survivorish escapy Budget

The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.

WATCH: Hammond impressed by how NHS chief “fights his corner”

“In the run-up to Budget people running all kinds of services come to see us and they always have very large numbers which are absolutely essential otherwise Armageddon will arrive.”

The NHS versus pensioner welfare – what happens when sacred cows compete?

The Health Service’s Chief Executive has said what many politicians are too nervous to even whisper.

Phil Taylor: Hunt is right about a seven day working NHS

This is a straight industrial dispute about pay, and high falutin rhetoric about patient safety, privatisation and all the rest is just that.

Andrew Haldenby: Why now is the time to rally round Jeremy Hunt

Downing Street and Conservative MPs should not abandon this reforming Health Secretary under pressure from the BMA and the unions.

Hugh Byrne: The healthcare reactionaries of the NHS Action Party

They and other similar groups are a minor curiosity in this election, but they are a sign of a culture to the left of Labour in parts of our healthcare system.

George Freeman MP: How technology will transform care and debate about our NHS

In April, we will be able to book GP and hospital appointments online, and have access to a summary of our GP record. Imagine a time when you can skype your GP…

John Baron MP: NHS transparency on cancer survival rates will be transformational

We could save an additional 5,000 lives a year if we matched European survival rate averages

Profile: Jeremy Hunt, the restorer of calm at Health. But will it last the winter?

He has dropped from view because he seems to have achieved the improbable feat, for a Conservative, of promoting change without picking a fight with NHS staff.

Julia Manning: Can Saint Simon rescue the NHS?

The new CEO of NHS England starts today – and an election could ride on his success.