The prime minister has defended the government's NHS reforms saying they had the support of thousands of GPs across the country.

The first results of a trial involving human embryonic stem cells have been published in a medical journal.

Health minister Simon Burns disagreed with the findings of the Commons Health Select Committee chaired by a former Conservative health secretary.

The shadow health secretary has accused the government of creating chaos by pushing on with its Health and Social Care Bill.

"Progress is too slow" and the NHS faces a "huge challenge" in making the savings needed to safeguard its future, the chairman of the health select committee has warned.

A new study to further extend the evidence base as to whether emissions from modern well run Municipal Waste Incinerators affect human health has been approved by the Health Protection Agency.

Hundreds of homes across West Oxfordshire have been found to have high levels of radioactive gas radon. Last summer, the Health Protection Agency invited about 9,000 householders across West Oxfordshire to apply for a free test for radon, a naturally occu…

Hundreds of householders across Orkney are being advised to act to protect their health, after HPA tests detected high levels of radioactive gas radon.