The Latest Breaking News from NHS

Imagine putting your socks on one morning and noticing your big toe, which has been painful for a few weeks, has started turning black. A trip to your doctor ends in being referred urgently to a specialist. They tell you a bypass operation of a blocked artery in your thigh…

Screening programmes can help to diagnose cancer or risk of cancer sooner and improve the likelihood of successful outcomes.

Under-18s requiring emergency care can be suicidal or may be seriously ill as a result of eating disorders.

In his new year message the Labour leader admitted there is ‘so much more’ to do after difficult first six months in No 10

More than 800 African-Caribbean heritage families in Derbyshire were not sent results of tests on their babies

The Jamaica international needed to be released from his car after getting trapped during the crash in Essex

Admissions for vitamin or iron deficiencies up by more than 10% year on year and as much as tenfold on 1998-99

Conditions such as iron deficiency can cause heart failure if left untreated.

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today, the battle over the government’s contradictory plans for the health service