Health service bosses are to ramp up recruitment of family doctors from overseas to plug gaps in the NHS workforce.

Noel Conway v Ministry of Justice case begins at Royal Courts of Justice, London, on Monday 17th July 2017, heard by three judges over four days.

The Department of Health's announcement must be accompanied by more resources for 999 staff - not less.

The National Audit of Dementia, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) today (Thursday 13 July 2017) found hospitals have made important changes to improve dementia care, but staff say more support is needed.

Labour MP Dan Jarvis writes for PoliticsHome ahead of his debate, calling for England to adopt an "opt-out" organ donation scheme to save more lives. 

Damian Green has hit back at “scaremongering” claims that quitting Euratom could threaten cancer treatment, amid growing Tory pressure to stay members of the EU’s nuclear regulator. 

Theresa May has announced a public inquiry will take place into the "appalling injustice" of the NHS contaminated blood scandal. 

Opposition leaders have joined forces in urging Theresa May to order a Hillsborough-style investigation into the NHS contaminated blood scandal.

This week, Wockhardt UK has had to announce that the company is discounting supplies of beef insulin.

Researchers from University College London (UCL) have today (Wednesday 5 July 2017) said in The BMJ that by 2040, there will be over 1.2 million people living with dementia in England and Wales, largely due to increased life expectancy.

A senior Tory MP has warned that patient safety could be compromised in the NHS by keeping in place a pay cap on public sector workers.

Cross-party action is needed to ease the pain of funding health services – and it’s time to take ideas from everyone’s manifesto, says Sarah Wollaston. The Conservative MP talks to Sebastian Whale about her bid to be re-appointed as Health Select Committee chair 

The CQC has today released a report on the state of adult social care in England. The report reveals a quarter of providers are not meeting safety standards, and a fifth are delivering care that puts people in danger.

The UK wants to find a way to continue working with the EU on drug regulation after Brexit, two senior Cabinet ministers have said. 

Theresa May's top aide has been in touch with the Liberal Democrats to ask for help in passing parts of the Government's legislative agenda.

Nurses, doctors and soldiers will not get a pay rise before next April at the earliest, Downing Street has suggested.

More NHS nurses and midwives are leaving the profession than joining, worsening the "severe workforce problems" faced by NHS trusts.

Women from Northern Ireland will be able to have free abortions in England on the NHS following a major government climbdown.

The Government has hinted at a concession to allow Northern Irish women to access free abortions on the NHS in England. 

Slimming World stress the importance of 'healthy conversations' about weight between healthcare professionals and prospective parents.

Baroness Benjamin highlights the key findings of a report which suggests that maternal obesity is a contributor to long term adult health.

Jeremy Hunt has been accused of presiding over an “absolute scandal” after it emerged thousands of NHS patients may have been put at risk by an administrative blunder.

The cash crisis in the NHS is a conspiracy created by the Government to usher in a privatisation boom, doctors have concluded.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath argues that we are seeing an 'unforgivable' drain of talent from the country as a result of Brexit.