The ex-head of the first private firm to run a Cambridgeshire NHS hospital denies he was sacked and reveals he had a £400,000 pay-off.

There needs to be more awareness of the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes, so it can be detected more quickly to prevent children from becoming seriously unwell.

The sperm count of French men fell by a third between 1989 and 2005, a study suggests.

Uptake of the whooping cough vaccine in pregnant mothers has been "extraordinarily good" in England, the Department of Health says.

The age at which women in Scotland receive their first cervical screening test will be raised from 20 to 25, the Scottish government announces.

Doctors are being trained in Wales in a "revolutionary" procedure to analyse lung cancer tumours.

Ministers have unveiled plans to reduce whiplash claims in England and Wales.

Up to 100,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases in England are to have their entire genetic code sequenced.