Calls for extra money for the NHS in England are intensifying after latest figures show the deficit is growing as performance deteriorates.

The government is failing those with learning disabilities by keeping them in hospitals far from home for too long, a report commissioned by NHS England says.

Older people who regularly use the internet and take part in cultural activities may be better equipped to keep on top of their health, research suggests.

More people should be given vitamin D tablets to counter a hidden epidemic of deficiency, a report says.

A Kent hospital's A&E department is still failing to protect patients from "inappropriate or unsafe" care, a health watchdog says.

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been accused of contradicting NHS advice after admitting that he took his children to A&E at the weekend rather than wait to see a GP.