The number of people donating organs after death has increased by 50% in the last five years.

Most healthcare assistants in the UK want to see tougher regulation of the profession, a survey suggests.

The number of people in the UK donating their organs after death has increased by 50% in the past five years, according to new figures.

Ten children were transferred to other hospitals while children's heart surgery was suspended at Leeds General Infirmary, it has been revealed

A patient died after complex bowel surgery at a south Wales hospital, which the public services ombudsman says should never have gone ahead.

Elizabeth Buggins, who chairs the Organ Donation Taskforce, says the 50% increase in the number of people signed up to donate organs is a "phenomenal achievement".

Health officials are expected to confirm a rise in the number of cases in the measles epidemic centred in Swansea.

A letter written by scientist Francis Crick to his son describing his discovery of DNA is sold at auction for $5.3m (£3.45m).