Doctors say that patient demand has become unmanageable

Survey of 1,600 final-year medical students reveals demoralised and fearful 'champions'

People will be considered as having consented for organ donation unless they use the 'opt-out' system

After series of alleged blunders, British Medical Association says it has no confidence in CQC's ability to oversee health services

Ministers should not have a "knee jerk reaction" and overhaul England's health and care regulator, doctors' leaders have said.

British Medical Association condemns 'very outdated view of women'

A report by the UN children’s fund has found that Britain's children are worse off overall than in many other industrialised countries

Only 19 per cent of GPs said that they would continue to be in the profession beyond the age of 64

Regional pilots of the scheme have reported big problems

Government ministers and the NHS ignored warnings about persistently high death rates in hospitals which could have claimed the lives of up to 20,000 patients, a top health adviser has said.

Smoking should be banned in cars carrying children on “child-welfare” grounds, the Public Health minister Anna Soubry has claimed.

Hospital care will suffer if hospitals are forced to stay open at weekends for routine treatment, the leader of Britain's consultants warns today.

A group of leading medical bodies has called on the Government to set a minimum alcohol price of 50p per unit to tackle “head on” the problems caused by cheap drink and protect the next generation.

By the standards of your typical Government document it is mercifully short in length and remarkably free of jargon.