A care assistant at a nursing home where a dementia patient was scalded in a bath, had not been given any formal training, an inquest hears.

Doing yoga may be a good way to protect against heart disease, particularly if you cannot do more vigorous exercise, research suggests.

Paramedic teams across the country are being asked to help London Ambulance Service because it is struggling to cope with increased demand.

A national review of paediatric first aid training of nursery staff is to take place sparked by the death of a baby at a Greater Manchester nursery.

A wine bar is being prosecuted under Health and Safety laws after an 18-year-old woman who drank a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen needed to have her stomach removed.

The UK announces a £2.5m grant for the charity Unicef to help children affected by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

South of Scotland Lib Dem MSP Jim Hume formally launches a bill at Holyrood to prevent smoking in cars with children in them.

The medical director of NHS England, Sir Bruce Keogh, says the "system is creaking" as winter begins to take hold.