The government wants to train a million people in England by 2015 to become "dementia friends", able to spot the signs of the illness and help sufferers.

The NHS must get tougher at negotiating future private deals after signing a contract with a firm to manage an NHS hospital in Cambridgeshire requiring "unprecedented" targets, auditors say.

Concerns are raised about the clinical competency of a surgeon who delivered the prime minister's youngest child, the BBC learns.

The South Antrim MP Willie McCrea calls on internet providers to prevent computer users from being able to access sites that detail methods of suicide.

Women who claim they underwent botched and unnecessary breast cancer operations take legal action against three West Midlands hospitals.

Around two-thirds of people accept assisted suicide, a new international study taking in the views of 62,000 suggests.

Police confirm they are investigating a surgeon accused of carrying out botched or unnecessary breast cancer operations in the West Midlands.

The UK's longest surviving heart transplant patient is celebrating 30 years since his operation.