Scientists in Canada have discovered that an antibiotic normally used to treat skin and abdominal infections can also kill leukaemia cells

GPs will be able to provide better care for people who smoke and patients with atrial fibrillation, peripheral arterial disease and osteoporosis, following changes to the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) for 2012/13

Eating too much processed meat may increases the risk of pancreatic cancer, new research published in the British Journal of Cancer finds today (Friday)

Nearly three quarters of respondents to a poll carried out by the Royal College of General Practitioners think that it is appropriate to seek the withdrawal of the Health and Social Care Bill

The policy framework for a new approach to workforce planning and the education and training of the health workforce is published today

In its report the Commission on Assisted Dying recommends that assisted dying could safely be offered to people who are suffering at the end of life and likely to die within 12 months, provided that they satisfy the eligibility criteria

A multi million pound package of support – including a new £180 million fund to support the next brilliant medical breakthroughs – and the roll out of state of the art life saving equipment to three million homes are part of a series of measures outlined by the Prime Minister today to support the UK’s life sciences industry

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is reminding all those in a clinical 'at risk' group, who have been invited for flu vaccination by their GP and who have not yet received it, to take up the offer

A leading health charity has called for a "democratic revolution" in the way care homes in Britain are run

There are many ways in which hospitals could improve efficiency and reduce the need for cutbacks in services for patients, according to a major review of hospital efficiency published today by the Nuffield Trust