The standard of care provided for people with dementia is "patchy", the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says.

Public satisfaction with the NHS appears to have stabilised following a record fall, according to the British Social Attitudes Survey.

Patients failing to make hospital appointments are costing the eastern region NHS £42m a year, it emerges.

Drugs that lower cholesterol may be able to prevent one of the most common forms of blindness, according to US researchers.

Children's heart operations remain suspended at Leeds General Infirmary despite a day of talks about the future of the unit.

A GP surgery in Swansea responds to the measles epidemic by laying on extra clinics because of high demand for the MMR vaccine.

The number of people diagnosed with measles in an area at the centre of an epidemic passes the 500 mark, Public Health Wales says.

The body's own "training manual" for successfully attacking HIV has been cracked by scientists and it is hoped it can be used to design vaccines.