Longer waits to see a GP in the UK are "becoming the norm", the British Medical Association is warning.

Campaigners for the right to die are to receive judgement from the Supreme Court in the latest round of their legal battle.

New powers allowing the medical regulator to check doctors' English language skills come into force, in a move hailed as an "important milestone".

Scottish woman Corinne Hutton is to be the first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant, BBC Scotland reveals.

An 83-year-old Liverpool man who had a tumour the size of a football removed from his scrotum urges people to go to their doctor straight away.

Campaigners have lost their appeal over the 'right to die' but say they are hopeful change will come.

The UK's second largest private hospital chain, Spire Healthcare, announces plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in a float estimated to value the group at about £1bn.

Scientists have developed a vaccine that they say provides some protection against brain tumours in mice by boosting the immune system.