If the NHS is going to survive for the next generation, it simply must evolve new models of provision. NHS 111 is moving in exactly the right direction. In fact, it should be going further. It is just a shame it was sent off prematurely, an unfinished car with a new driver on a half-built road.

I believe I speak for the overwhelming majority of doctors in the NHS when I say I went into medicine to practice evidence based, not corporate-influenced medicine.

A long overdue public inquiry into the appalling standards of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust is complete. The findings are not unexpected.

Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been forced to apologise after a baby had a dummy taped to its face while its care. The Trust, which is already is ...

Complaints about doctors have reached a record high, the General Medical Council (GMC) said. Since 2009, the number of complaints has soared - and ...

A third person has died of Legionnaires' disease, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The man, who was in his 60s and from south west Edinburgh,...

Negotiations over doctors' pension reforms could reopen today after GPs and hospital doctors staged their first industrial action in almost 40 years. ...

Only 1 in 10 patients have had operations, appointments or treatments rescheduled due to the industrial action by the British Medical Association's (B...

NHS patients are having to wait longer to have surgery and fewer operations are taking place, according to new data. Waiting times went up by an av...

GPs have been over-paid millions of pounds for patients who have moved practice, died or been forced to leave the country, according to a new report. ...

People are more likely to die if they are admitted to hospital at weekends, a large-scale review of NHS data suggests. Patients are 16% more likely...

NHS hospitals are spending as little 86 pence on meals for patients according to new figures. The tiny sum of 86 pence a meal amounts to £2.57 rat...

A Government consultation will determine whether restrictions on NHS workers with HIV should be relaxed after a review found an "extremely low" risk o...

Doctors should to look to Shakespeare to explain their patients’ symptoms, according to a new study. Analysis of the Bard’s major works showed...

The pharma industry must look beyond the label of patient and see the person behind the disease. If you took a sample of your friends or acquaintances and asked them to describe you, what would they say?