Junior doctors are spending more time doing paperwork than training as red tape and the cut in working hours affects their careers, the British Medical Association has warned.
The failure to offer obese patients weight-loss surgery is costing the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds every year, leading surgeons said today.
Thousands of patients suffering from cancer are missing out on access to radiotherapy and few people are even aware it can help cure the disease, a charity claimed.
A mental health nurse started a relationship with a former patient through Facebook just two weeks after she left his care, a disciplinary hearing heard.
Men who work more than 45 hours a week are more than twice as likely to die from heart disease if they are unfit, research has found, although exercising can counteract the effects.
Women are prepared to spend an average of £15,000 on fertility treatment, while one in 10 would pay £50,000 if they could guarantee a baby, new research shows.
Pharmacists could reduce "unacceptably high" medication errors in care homes by more than 90 per cent if they were given responsibility for the task, according to a pilot study.
A popular diabetes drug is still being prescribed two months after a safety body recommended its withdrawal amid concerns the drug can increase the risk of heart attacks.
Cockroaches and locusts contain powerful antibiotic molecules in their brains that could be used to develop new treatments against MRSA and E-coli, scientists have discovered.
Childless couples are facing a widening postcode lottery after NHS officials ordered GPs to slash the amount of fertility treatment on offer to cut costs, stark new figures show.