The government announces measures to clamp down on "rip-off" staffing agencies used by the NHS to plug gaps in nursing and doctor rotas.

A doctor should have been "more proactive" after concerns were raised about a four-year-old boy a month before he was killed, a disciplinary panel hears.

Plans to introduce a "soft opt-out" system for organ donation in Scotland are to be published at Holyrood.

Health professionals missed "several opportunities" to safeguard a baby boy before he died of a skull fracture, a serious case review finds.

The European Commission introduces legislation aiming to prevent children being poisoned by laundry capsules.

Local authorities are putting care leavers in bed and breakfast despite new rules intended to restrict this.

A ban to stop people from smoking in cars when children are present is passed in the Welsh assembly.