The deaths of around one in five patients who suffered a cardiac arrest after they were admitted to hospital may have been prevented with earlier treatment, according to a new report.
Exclusive: an East Midlands patient has repeatedly been refused brain stimulation treatment for dystonia, a debilitating twitching disorder, despite it being available almost everywhere else.
Wherever people's sympathies lie, this is a difficult moment for the government, to be presiding over policies which will lead to the first industrial action by doctors since the 70s.
An obese teenager who had to be rescued from her home in South Wales by a 40-strong team after falling seriously ill is recovering in hospital.
A new test launched today will allow patients to rate their NHS hospital's care and treatment, and the results will hold hospital leaders to account.
Victoria Macdonald writes on the funding of IVF and a recent paper on Hormone Replacement Therapy.
It is a long way from an Essex pub: the celebrity-chef- turned-food-campaigner Jamie Oliver is picking up a prestigious Harvard award for his work to combat childhood obesity.
Police forces conducting an audit of retained organs have found 492 body parts kept "unnecessarily" and sometimes without the knowledge of families.
He is in charge of the UK at one of the toughest times in recent history, yet he likes to wind down whenever he can. Is David Cameron's tendency to "chillax" good for him - and the country?
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has lost his battle against cancer, his family said, asking for privacy "at this very difficult time". He was 62.