The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has told the BBC that he has changed his mind in recent years on the benefits of more competition within the NHS.

The government in England has said it will invest £22m in child mental health services to help deliver more counselling and talking therapies to young people.

Being compassionate should be as important as being clever when it comes to the recruitment of staff to care for the elderly, experts say.

A pharmacist tells of the drugs waste she sees in her work - and why patients should know the true cost of their medicines

A row over patient safety has broken out between Plaid Cymru and the Labour Welsh government ahead of a protest by hospital campaigners.

The government's health regulator has advised that patients who have undergone large head metal-on-metal hip replacements should be monitored annually for life. Deborah Cohen reports.

Two Catholic midwives lose a legal battle to avoid taking part in abortion procedures because of "conscientious objections".

There have been calls for a return to the 1950's approach to maternity care, where mothers knew their midwives and babies were born at home.