The NHS is considering whether to stop families from overriding the consent of people who have signed the organ donor register.

The NHS in England risks "sleepwalking" into poorer quality care unless hospital and GP services are reorganised, according to its leaders

The company which provides out-of-hours GP care in Cornwall failed to meet national standards and falsified data, according to a damning parliamentary report.

More than 100,000 school age children have been immunised as part of an MMR catch-up campaign across England.

Today's 90-year-olds are surviving into very old age with improved mental faculties, Danish research suggests.

There are calls for tighter controls to prevent children consuming high caffeine energy drinks.

The majority of babies born in three years' time will have parents who are not married, official figures suggest.

Problems with a baby's heart are among the most common forms of birth defects in the UK. Most turn out to be minor, but thousands of children are born with life altering conditions.