Capsules containing frozen faecal material could help people with C. difficile gut infections, results from an early-stage trial suggest.

Screening passengers for Ebola at two UK airports and at Eurostar stations is a "political gesture", a senior consultant says in an email seen by the BBC.

The government is at risk of promising "stuff that doesn't really make any sense" in its plans to prevent Ebola reaching the UK, London Mayor Boris Johnson says.

Patient safety must be our priority, says England's chief nursing officer, ahead of the first strike by NHS staff over pay in more than 30 years.

Calls to the NHS's non-emergency 111 phone line are to be screened to identify possible Ebola sufferers, the health secretary says.