The NHS wants effective and intelligent regulation, not “a simplistic race for more and more inspection”, the head of the NHS Confederation will say today (Wednesday)

Three major projects are to receive over £1 million of government funding to enable them to develop new and improved health-economics tools or products that will assist and improve the design and evaluation of diagnostic clinical trials for infectious agents

New ambitions have been set for the NHS which build on the progress made on infections last year, Health Minister Simon Burns announced today

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today called on Londoners to volunteer their time through his Team London programme, to help vulnerable, lonely neighbours, as he joined a Contact the Elderly tea party supporting isolated older people in the capital.

NHS patients should be able to benefit from genomic technology which can improve the health service’s understanding of the nature of disease and mean that treatment can be tailored to patients’ individual genetic make up – providing the right treatment to the right patient

The Department of Health has today published the terms of reference for two reviews established following the recent concerns about PIP implants

Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the publication of the Health Select Committee’s Public Expenditure Report, said

Bupa has revealed that almost a third of women in the UK* (29%) say they have never been for any type of health screening, including cervical screening, which is vital in detecting abnormal, pre-cancerous cells which may lead to cervical cancer

The Royal College of Nursing has today (24 January) responded to a Health Select Committee report into public expenditure saying it agrees that forging ahead with reforms has caused disruption and distraction at a time of austerity within the NHS

An Audit Commission briefing has found significant differences in the types of care received by people aged 65 and over across the country