Ministers are promising an end to the era of vulnerable people being passed around the health and care systems.

The government plans to improve the system by which health and social services combine to offer help and support to home carers.

The Department of Health says that all areas of the country will have to integrate NHS and adult social care services within five years, to ensure that all patients get the help they need.

Bacteria that live in the gut have been used to reverse obesity and Type-2 diabetes, animal studies show.

Living close to a busy road increases your risk of kidney problems, research suggests.

There are calls for a major shake up of accident and emergency services in south Wales to be abandoned due to the current crisis in demand.

An NHS review says more patients are dying at weekends at Basildon University Hospital than would normally be expected.

A Philadelphia doctor is convicted of the first-degree murders of three babies born alive and killed with scissors in illegal, late term abortions.