Nearly a third of a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year, according to a UK charity.
Some 330,000 people were diagnosed with some form of the disease in 2011 – an increase of almost
More than 20,000 extra GPs, nurses and other NHS staff are needed if the Prime Minister wants his plan for longer surgery opening hours to work, the head of the Royal College of GPs has warned.
In her
A third of GPs are in favour of making people pay if they make unnecessary visits to hard-pressed accident and emergency departments.
A new survey asked GPs whether people should pay £5 or £10 for
The chairman of the NHS watchdog has sparked a political row after saying the health service has become “too powerful to criticise”.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) boss David Prior says people
The Department of health rejects idea of fees for appointments after survey shows support among GPs
Most GPs in favour of charging a fee for appointments thought it should be between £5 and £25.
Ministers and NHS
All 14 trusts have been ordered to act on recommendations after it emerged thousands more patients may have died than expected.
The Health Secretary has revealed that 11 hospital trusts listed in a shocking
It is controversial due to fears over genetic engineering, but supporters claim only a tiny bit of DNA is change
Britain could become the first nation to allow babies to be born with three genetic
Doctors will kickstart a debate about patients paying for NHS care by arguing that everyone should receive a set of core services free but charges should be introduced for others.
Delegates at the British
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It’s hospital chief Phil Morley, in a promotional video branded both “idiotic” and “brilliant’
£175,000-a-year
Doctors will now have to carry out an English test to avoid common mistakes.
NHS will introduce new checks for doctors to evaluate their English level, necessary to treat patients.
It comes five years
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