A young bride-to-be who launched a desperate appeal to find her fiancé a life-saving stem cell donor in just 60 days as he battled leukaemia is celebrating finding him a match after seeing her campaign go viral on social media.
In a critique of the coalition and Labour opposition, Dr Chaand Nagpaul will accuse them of belittling GPs by bemoaning the difficulty patients have getting appointments and the lack of extended opening times.
Just one in five doctors and nurses feel pride or optimism about the NHS yet senior managers are confident about its future, a damning survey has found.
Smokers who use e-cigarettes to quit are more likely to succeed than those who use willpower alone or buy nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches or gum, a study suggests.
A shift in medical research priorities is needed to meet the challenge of fighting dementia, say animal welfare campaigners.
Adult social care is once again in the media spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
It is unacceptable that the UK does not have comprehensive records of land potentially contaminated with radiation, a report has said.
Polling by the Alzheimers Society found 54 per cent of those affected by dementia waited at least six months before seeking professional help.
There is no connection between the development of autism with childhood vaccinations, University of Sydney researchers recently found.
The USA is looking to fill a shortfall of some 100,000 nurses and could come shopping in the UK, said Professor Ian Cumming, who leads the NHS body responsible for the training and education of health professionals.
