The GP system in England is facing a "catastrophe" because of cuts in funding representing a £400m drop in real terms, doctors' leaders warn.

A transsexual is helped to die by doctors in Belgium, after a series of failed sex-change operations.

A patient died because of "serious errors in judgment" by a senior doctor at a private hospital in north-west London, the Old Bailey is told.

Scotland's largest health board says its IT system is working again after a two-day crash saw hundreds of appointments and procedures cancelled.

The Irish health minister publishes a plan to make the state "tobacco-free" by 2025.

A patent for a database that uses DNA testing to tell prospective parents which traits their future offspring may inherit is criticised by experts.

The discovery of "missing" genes could help scientists understand how autism develops, a study suggests.

One of the officials at England's health regulator accused of a cover-up has been cleared of wrong-doing in an internal inquiry.