A group of doctors plans to put up candidates to stand against coalition MPs at the next election in protest at planned changes to the NHS in England.

Scotland's public health minister writes to the UK health secretary urging support for a pre-watershed ban on junk food adverts.

The Department of Environment claims London's air pollution levels are getting better and EU targets for 2011 were met.

Cumbria has been piloting the GP commissioning element of the government's controversial Health and Social Care Bill, and opinion is divided.

Television adverts for foods which are high in fat, sugar or salt should be banned across the UK before the 9pm watershed, Scotland's public health minister has said.

Researchers believe they have identified why a mutation in a particular gene can lead to obesity.