New chairman of the Care Quality Commission says that his organisation is still “not fully set up” to inspect hospitals

The child killer suffers from long-term paranoid schizophrenia which does not "just fade away and die", according to the clinician in charge of his care

Sometimes private clinics wouldn't bother suggesting a cheap drug like paracetamol when they could profit from prescribing more expensive versions

A health chief has been criticised by anti-cuts campaigners after he appeared in an online video cavorting around an NHS building dressed as Superman.

A cow that managed to climb on to the roof of a garage before falling through has been rescued by firefighters - after spending 24 hours wedged in a car inspection pit.

The news a welcome boost following this week's defeat

Sky's lead rider says he is in fantastic form for the Tour and happy pecking order debate is over

Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one year.

Experts say it is time to close the gap between treatment of physical and mental illnesses

The 75-year-old child killer's habits and hospital lifestyle are revealed as he tries to get transferred to a normal prison

A man has died after a Border Force raid on a boat in the Isles of Scilly, police said.

Mumford & Sons bassist Ted Dwane has posted a picture of himself on Twitter following treatment for a blood clot on his brain last week.

Cancer Research figures show oesophageal cancer has doubled in the last 30 years

The majority of doctors, nurses and front line health workers were not vaccinated against flu last winter, official figures have revealed.