The new president of the Royal College of Surgeons says the 18-week waiting target for routine operations in England should be reviewed.

Fears are being raised the NHS in England will no longer be free at the point of use - up to now a key principle for the health service - within 10 years.

The suspicious deaths of dozens of patients at a hospital in the 1990s will be the subject of an inquiry, the government announces.

The number of organ transplants carried out in the UK has reached a new record - with more than 4,600 patients benefiting from operations last year.

Ed Miliband calls for David Cameron to "correct the record" over hospital waiting times claims.

Cooling babies deprived of oxygen at birth improves their chances of growing up without disabilities such as cerebral palsy, research suggests.

The EU's top court says designer drugs that mimic cannabis, which are already illegal in many countries, cannot be classed as medicinal.

The Muslim Council of Great Britain says Muslims who fast during Ramadan - despite being ill - may be putting their health at risk.