Health campaigners are asking for more substantial rises in cigarette duty in this month's Budget.

A leading charity for blind people is calling on banks to make cash machines easier to use for people with sight loss.

Demand for hip replacements remains at an all time high. While the surgery is now regarded as routine, it is still an area for medical innovation.

Prime Minister David Cameron tells his party's spring conference the need for change in the NHS in England is "unavoidable and urgent".

Hundreds of people join a march through Kendal calling for radiotherapy services at the town's hospital.