One in three women over 50 has delayed or not attended their cervical screening test which should take place every five years, according to a survey from a cervical cancer charity.

Patients in the most deprived areas of England face poorer levels of care due to an over-reliance on locum GPs, the British Medical Association warns.

Scientists say they have developed a better way to predict how diseases such as Lassa fever jump from animals to humans.

Shoppers are being offered CT scans in north Manchester in a bid to spot lung disease in smokers.

A charity has launched a judicial review challenging the NHS' decision not to fund a so called "game-changer" drug treatment that can prevent HIV.

A woman who left an abusive voice message for a mother whose son died at a mental health unit is an employee of the unit's NHS trust, police say.

Access to fertility treatment will be widened in Scotland to make it the "fairest and most generous in the UK", the Scottish government announces.