More than half of patients leaving intensive care will suffer long term psychological damage, according to research by University College Hospital in London.

Health boards across south Wales are due to decide whether to go ahead with a major shake-up of the way some specialist hospital care is delivered.

A woman whose mother died at a Belfast hospital in circumstances where delays may have been a contributory factor says her family no longer trust the National Health Service.

Belgium's lower house is expected to vote on whether to extend a euthanasia law to terminally-ill children.

Belgium becomes the first country in the world to allow child euthanasia without any age limit, after parliament passed a bill by a wide majority.

Brain scans show a complex string of numbers and letters in mathematical formulae can evoke the same sense of beauty as artistic masterpieces and music from the greatest composers.

Tougher rules on dermal fillers, Botox injections and plastic surgery are set to be announced by the government.