Hospitals are to be ranked by how many patients are happy for their friends and family to receive the same care they do. More »Failing hospitals test gets go-ahead
A new test to improve care in hospitals in England will allow patients to rate the treatment … More »Patients To Rate Their Hospital Trea …
Patients are to be able to rate the treatment they receive in hospitals to ensure that … More »Patients to rate hospital treatment
Patients are to be able to rate the treatment they receive in hospitals to ensure that people are treated with dignity and respect on wards. More »Patients to rate hospital treatment
Widespread failings in NHS diabetic care cause 24,000 unnecessary deaths every year, a report has warned. More »Diabetes: 24,000 Deaths A Year Blamed On NHS
Patients will be able to choose where they have essential medical tests under a new scheme. More »Patients to get tests site choice
The Government's plans to reform education and training in the NHS are unclear and lack detail, MPs have warned. More »NHS education reforms 'lack detail'
Cases of a notorious hospital bug may be going unreported because of the threat of Government-imposed fines, it has been claimed. More »C.diff under-reported, claims poll
A new style of leadership in the NHS could lead to reduced infection and mortality rates and bring financial savings, according to a new report. More »Better bosses 'make NHS healthier'
The Government needs to look again at the issue of foreign nationals' use of the NHS, to ensure the country's healthcare system is "not free at the point of abuse", a Conservative MP has warned. More »Warning over NHS system 'abuse'
Government hopes of resolving the bitter public sector pensions dispute have been dealt a fresh blow when a group of health workers rejected the controversial reforms. More »NHS workers reject pensions reforms
The National Health Service (NHS) should extend the upper age limit for women to have IVF treatment by three years to 42, the health watchdog said on Tuesday. More »NHS should offer IVF to women over 40: watchdog
Gay and lesbian couples will be eligible for free fertility treatment on the NHS under controversial new proposals. More »Same-Sex Couples To Get Free IVF On NHS
Women struggling to have babies should be offered IVF treatment into their 40s, the health watchdog has said. More »Give women over 40 IVF - watchdog
An NHS trust has been fined £90,000 after details of almost 60 patients were sent to the wrong person, the information watchdog has said. More »NHS trust fined for data breaches
Patients will be able to book doctors' appointments and check test results online, under plans being unveiled by the coalition later. More »GPs Go Online To End '8am Appointment Rush'
Patients will be able to book doctors' appointments and check test results online, under plans being unveiled by the coalition. More »NHS Information Strategy unveiled
Celebrities including Gary Lineker, Sarah Beeny and Jayne Torvill are backing a campaign urging people to give blood. More »Stars back blood donation campaign
The number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks to start treatment has dropped by nearly 50,000 in the past two years, the Department of Health has said. More »Fewer patients wait over 18 weeks
The Health Secretary has challenged Labour to bring forward the evidence that shows waiting-time rules are being breached across the NHS. More »Waiting-time breaches evidence call
The number of breaches of rules on mixed-sex NHS wards rose by nearly 100 last month, according to new figures. More »Rise in mixed-sex NHS ward breaches
LONDON (Reuters) - An 83-year-old British man who has donated blood 57 times has shown further altruistic concern by giving up a kidney to a stranger, making him the oldest Briton to do so, according to a kidney donation charity. Nicholas Crace, a former … More »Octogenarian becomes Britain's oldest kidney donor
A fast-acting glue is being hailed as a breakthrough treatment for varicose veins. More »Glue hailed as veins treatment
A drug to treat advanced prostate cancer should be given to patients on the NHS, a health watchdog has said. More »Prostate Cancer Drug 'Should Be Given On NHS'
Mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and birth as part of Government plans to combat postnatal depression. More »NHS introduces 'named midwife' plan
A drug to treat advanced prostate cancer should be given to patients on the NHS, a health watchdog has said. More »Nice approves prostate cancer drug
Nurses who work with people with learning disabilities have "real concerns" about the safety of their clients because of cuts in services, according to a new study. More »Nurses fear cuts pose safety risk
Labour leader Ed Milband has vowed to scrap the most controversial aspects of the Government's NHS plans if he won the next election. More »Ed Miliband Vows To Reverse NHS Reforms
The number of children receiving brain surgery for epilepsy is set to almost treble under plans for a major expansion of services across England. More »Child epilepsy ops 'set to treble'
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on NHS staff and patients to hold the Government to account for difficulties resulting from its controversial reforms to the health service. More »Miliband in NHS whistleblower call
A plan to give disabled people more control of their care risks being "poisoned" and "discredited" by real and perceived service cuts, MSPs have heard. More »Cuts may risk disability care plan
Two more wards at a hospital have been closed to new patients because of an outbreak of a bug thought to be the norovirus. More »Bug sees eight hospital wards shut
Blocking the publication of a report into the risks of NHS reforms is a sign that ministers want to downgrade freedom of information laws, a watchdog has warned. More »Warning over NHS reform risk veto
Ed Miliband is to praise nurses as the "first line in the defence of the NHS" when he encourages them to continue resisting the coalition's reforms later. More »Miliband urges on nurses against NHS reforms
Patients are suffering because of a shortage of some NHS prescription medicines, a Parliamentary group has warned. More »Warning over medicine shortages
Two more patients suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting thought to be the Norovirus bug have died in hospital. More »Two more deaths in Norovirus alert
Nurses have warned community care is at breaking point because of health reforms - and say more than 60,000 frontline jobs are at risk of being axed. More »Nurses Say 60,000 Frontline Jobs At Risk
Nurses have heckled and laughed at Health Secretary Andrew Lansley after he claimed clinical staffing levels in the NHS had increased. More »Nursing staff heckle 'liar' Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is to address angry nurses frustrated by cutbacks to community care later this morning. More »Lansley faces wrath of the nurses
Diabetes care in England is in a "state of crisis" with less than half of people with the condition getting the basic minimum care, a new report warns. More »Diabetes care in 'state of crisis'
Nursing leaders have called for a halt to the loss of hospital beds after a study revealed that patients were being left on trolleys for hours on end and treated in corridors. More »Cuts to NHS 'creating high risk'
Botox could soon be available on the NHS to treat those who suffer from chronic migraines. More »Migraine Sufferers May Get Botox On NHS
A sharp rise in the use of sleeping pills saw NHS spending on the drugs reach nearly £50 million last year, new figures reveal. More »Surge in demand for sleeping pills