Doctors at a hospital in London are pioneering the use of rapid CT scans in an attempt to save the lives of seriously injured patients.

The quality of services provided to people across the health and care sectors in England is beginning to suffer, according to the regulator.

A pioneering technique for hip replacements, devised by a British surgeon in Lancashire, is marking its fiftieth year of use.

A Hertfordshire nurse who called a 99-year-old patient "evil", kicked him and said she would spit in his face is suspended.

The Irish public health watchdog says it will investigate the case of Savita Halappanavar, who died after reportedly being refused an abortion.

Action is being taken against a Cambridgeshire hospital trust after an eye surgery mix-up, a health watchdog says.

A second person has died from a new respiratory illness similar to the Sars virus, according to the World Health Organization.

The quality of services provided to people across the health and care sectors in England is beginning to suffer, according to the regulator.