Hundreds of deaths may have occurred if emergency interventions had not been put in place at 11 failing hospital trusts, a report suggests.

A woman with a rare disease has been spontaneously cured in an event so improbable doctors say it is the medical equivalent of a lottery win.

One in five care homes for older people in England fail to meet national standards set by the Care Quality Commission, a report by 5 live suggests.

An annual review of "avoidable deaths" in English hospitals is unveiled by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a drive to make the NHS safer.

Local councils trying to provide mental health care are "storing up problems" for the future, a charity claims.