Victoria Macdonald , Health and Social Care Editor

First, the vindication, now the compensation: the victims of the infected blood scandal have suffered for decades.

The scandal had already been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.

They’ve waited for decades – many losing their lives, loved ones or livelihoods along the way. On Monday, thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal will get the final report of the inquiry into what happened to them.

Victims of what’s been described as the worst scandal in NHS history are finally due to get some answers. 

A boy with profound learning disabilities has reached an out of court settlement after he was abused in a residential school in Bristol.

A damning report into the state of UK maternity services has found that poor care is frequently tolerated, with women giving birth treated as an ‘inconvenience.’

The families of people who have died while taking an antipsychotic drug have told Channel 4 News there needs to be a wholesale change in how it’s monitored.

The father of a teenage girl who took her own life last year has questioned whether the inquest into her death paid enough attention to her autism.

Connor Sparrowhawk was nicknamed ‘laughing boy’ by his family, who say he brought happiness to those around him. He had autism, and at 18-years-old he drowned in a bath at an NHS care unit following a seizure. His family fought for an inquest, which found his death was preventable but for the neglect of those…

An NHS Trust has been fined £200,000 for failings that lead to the deaths of two of its mental health patients. 

Two new NHS trials are seeking answers about how to find early signs of Alzheimer’s.

Last month was the world’s hottest February on record and the ninth consecutive month of record temperatures. We often see the impact played out through severe weather events and the death toll that comes with them, but there are other less visible consequences too. A recent report by the World Economic Forum estimates the health…

Almost every minute a child dies with malaria – a disease that’s entirely treatable and preventable.

The UK government should declare a “national health and care emergency” – according to the British Medical Journal, whose report into the future of the NHS says the entire service is facing an existential crisis.

Consultants in England have narrowly rejected an offer aimed at resolving their long running pay dispute.