The NHS in England spent more than £440m last year on painkillers, with the biggest bill in the north.

NHS cancer diagnosis times across the UK have come down significantly in recent years, figures show.

Hospitals in England are finding it more difficult to discharge vulnerable patients because of a lack of community care, data obtained by the BBC suggests.

Health workers at Glasgow Royal Infirmary call a protest over a doubling of car parking charges by private operator.

Families would have no legal right to stop dead relatives' organs being used for transplant if the person has not opted out in advance, under a proposed Welsh law.

Teenager Katie Hill, 14, who used to weigh 18 stone and wear a dress size 26, has become the UK's youngest patient to be fitted with a gastric band.

The Welsh government wants to move to the scheme, known as presumed consent, within four years arguing it would save lives.