Paediatrician and children's TV doctor Ranj Singh looked at the "rose-tinted version" of the NHS, highlighted at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.

Around 500,000 people in the UK face poor health or disability after being treated for cancer, says a report from Macmillan Cancer Support.

Deaths from alcohol-related disease in women born in the 1970s are rising, contrary to the overall trend, a study suggests.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is promising to investigate ten times as many cases this year as it did last year.

Up to 20 people who had surgery at an Irish hospital could be at risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease after one patient was diagnosed with the brain-wasting condition.

The first trial of stem cells produced from a patient's own body has been approved by the Japanese government.

The government sells an 80% stake in blood products company Plasma Resources UK to a US private equity firm, a move criticised by former Health Minister Lord Owen.

Vicky Perry, 41, discusses her alcoholism and warns more should be done to tackle alcohol abuse.