Winter pressures are biting early with latest figures showing a host of targets are being missed and signs more patients are getting stuck in hospital.

A Scottish nurse who was readmitted to hospital after suffering complications arising from the Ebola infection is discharged after making a full recovery.

England's health watchdog says patients and doctors have "lost confidence" in hormone replacement therapy as possible treatment for the menopause.

UK hospices could see a significant increase in Muslim patients in the coming years, in part due to changes to the traditional family structure, a report suggests.

Cuts to adult mental health services in England have started damaging the quality of care given to patients, a report suggests.

A United Nations report says pregnancy-related deaths have fallen by almost 50% since 1990, but only nine countries hit UN targets.

Plans to get contraceptives to 120 million more women in the world's poorest countries are behind track, a report by campaigners and donors is warning.

Doctors have expressed alarm at a seemingly sharp fall in the number of people having the seasonal flu jab.