Initiative sees doctors, nurses and other staff get together to discuss stresses or dilemmas they have faced while caring for patients

Researchers found that removing natriuretic polypeptide b causes an itch to disappear

As new research claims to hold the key to suppressing the irritating sensation, Steve Connor explains what causes an itch

GPs’ leaders have clashed with the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in their increasingly acrimonious row over who is responsible for the crisis in Accident & Emergency departments.

‘Vacuum cleaner’ for windpipe created by experts in Michigan hailed as a medical breakthrough

Survey by the Kings Fund will alarm ministers coming after the Francis inquiry into the scandal at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust was published last February

Sir David stepped down in wake of Mid Staffs scandal

Most pregnant women are deficient in iodine, a mineral vital for cognitive development

Doctors warn that the best they can do now is try to prevent patients waiting for 12 hours, not four

He took on the job less than two years ago and will leave his role next March

Public Accounts committee says storage mistake cost taxpayers £74m - for an antiviral that has divided experts over its effectiveness

One in five children who suffer with epilepsy has been accused of being “possessed” after having a seizure, according to shocking new research.

Around 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if  parents stopped sharing beds with their children, research suggests.

Patients at risk from combination of 'toxic overcrowding' and 'institutional exhaustion', say 20 heads of emergency departments

Patients put at risk by lack of out-of-hours GPs, watchdog survey finds