Scientists believe some people are born with a gene that makes them hard-wired for binge drinking by boosting levels of the happy brain chemical dopamine.

Many primary school children with cancer are being bullied and are missing out on school, a survey by a UK childhood cancer charity suggests.

Nursing leaders are calling on health trusts to publish their staffing levels at least twice a year amid concern over neglect in hospitals and care homes.

Laws to create an opt-out donation system will not guarantee on their own that more organs are available for transplants, the Welsh government says.

A new campaign's being launched to put care and compassion at the heart of improving standards in the NHS in England.

Hospital bosses on Teesside cut opening hours of an urgent care centre because of a shortage of trained staff.

The Chief Nursing Officer For England, Jane Cummings: "Being a nurse or a midwife, and caring for highly complex patients day in, day out is quite emotionally draining, it's hard work."

A mother who suffered sickness in pregnancy says it must be "extremely hard" for the Duchess of Cambridge to go through such a condition in the public eye.