The government is to announce an independent review of cigarette packaging amid continuing calls for action to discourage young smokers.

Mental health experts say there are still problems accessing talking therapies such as counselling, despite wide recognition of their benefits.

Body piercings are used to control wheelchairs and computers in a move scientists believe could transform the way people interact with the world after paralysis.

The man who led the public inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal is to become president of the Patients Association, promising to do all he can to rid the NHS of bad care.

Elderly dementia patients were unnecessarily sedated and left for hours without food at a hospital care unit in Cumbria, inspectors find.

The father of a schoolboy who died after suffering concussion during a rugby match will meet the education minister to discuss compulsory awareness lessons in schools.

Some of the UK's top skin experts say they're carrying out more laser tattoo removals than ever before.

The BBC's John Maguire reports from Headley Court Military Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey, where injured British service personnel are receiving help to rebuild their lives with the most up-to-date prosthetic limbs available.