Commercialisation of NHS trust 'not healthy'
Friday 01 June 2012
An NHS trust has set up an advertising agency to sell billboard space around its hospitals and on its website.
Doctors urged by Labour leadership to call off strike
Thursday 31 May 2012
Shadow Health Secretary calls for rethink amid concerns over patient safety
Hospital staff 'insulted' after receiving Kit Kit bar as thank you for helping to win national award
Thursday 31 May 2012
Staff who helped their hospital win a national award are said to be "insulted" after they were thanked with a free Kit Kat bar worth 60p.
Parents in court over Derby house fire
Thursday 31 May 2012
The parents of six children killed in a house fire appeared in court today charged with their murders.
STIs: Diagnoses of increasingly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea infections rise by 'unprecedented' 25 per cent
Thursday 31 May 2012
The number of diagnoses of the sexual transmitted infection gonorrhoea has increased by an “unprecedented” 25 per cent in the past year, the Health Protection Agency has revealed.
NHS faces 'distress and disruption' after doctors vote for pension strike on pensions strike
Thursday 31 May 2012
Patients have been warned to expect delays in treatment and disruption in hospitals as Britain's doctors voted to go on strike for the first time in nearly 40 years.
Britain to buy up to £20m of Malawian currency
Thursday 31 May 2012
Britain is to buy up to £20 million of Malawian currency to help stabilise the African state's economy following a major devaluation, it has been revealed.
Lung transplant breakthrough hailed
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Doctors believe a pioneering transplant technique which cleans and reconditions donor lungs could help save the lives of many patients desperately waiting for new organs.
Half of abortions are given to women already with children
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Schmeichel earns late Denmark call-up after Sorensen injury
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Kasper Schmeichel, the Leicester City goalkeeper, has been called up to Denmark's Euro 2012 squad after Stoke City's Thomas Sorensen was forced out by a back injury sustained in Saturday's friendly against Brazil.
Watson courts attention with yet another win on Paris clay
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Briton beats experienced Russian Vesnina to reach second round for the second year in succession
93-year-old Emma Winnall dies of injuries after attack
Tuesday 29 May 2012
A 93-year-old woman who was badly beaten as she slept in her own bed has died in hospital from complications from her injuries.
Abortion rates continue to rise
Tuesday 29 May 2012
The number of abortions in England and Wales has risen slightly for the second year running, according to new figures.
Spotlight On: Arnaud Lagardère, chairman designate EADS
Monday 28 May 2012
Arnaud Lagardère – must be related to Christine, of the International Monetary Fund, right?








