The average weight gain associated with giving up smoking is much higher than previously thought, experts have discovered.

Anger is mounting over the government's plans to reform care for the frail and elderly in England, which are being set out later, with campaigners and council leaders warning greater clarity is needed on funding.

Thousands of doctors and nurses go on strike in Portugal to protest against cuts in the health budget, as the government tries to meet bailout terms.

Economist Andrew Dilnot gives his reaction to the government's white paper on social care which is in part based on his report commissioned last year

The elderly and disabled face years of misery because the government has failed in its overhaul of social care, council leaders and campaigners say.

David Cameron has announced that Britain is to double its annual investment in family planning overseas, and will contribute more than £500 million between now and 2020.

The government says it will provide around £1.3bn over eight years to pay for family planning services in the world's poorest countries.