Gordon Brown claims the SNP has misled the public over its NHS plans – but Nicola Sturgeon says it is hard to protect “the things that matter” when Scotland is at the mercy of Westminster cuts.
Almost two thirds of mental health trusts in England that responded to a Channel 4 News freedom of information request say their funding has been cut, with a shortage of beds threatening patient care.
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Alex Thomson
Given what the doctors had told the judiciary about the medical plight of Ashya King, we should be grateful that the authorities acted swiftly to ensure he was returned to hospital.
Health is one of the key battlegrounds as the independence referendum looks. Will the Scottish NHS be better off in or out of the UK?
Victoria Macdonald
The rich and middle-aged should be taxed more to pay for the NHS and social care, a new report suggests.
Following their release from prison the parents of five-year-old brain tumour patient Ashya King arrive at the Malaga hospital where he is being treated.
Four operating theatre staff who defrauded the health service of almost half a million pounds by working privately in NHS time are jailed for a total of nine years.
Support for Scottish independence rises two weeks ahead of an historic referendum on leaving the UK, according to a new poll.
Doctors treating Ashya King have defended their decision not to send the five-year-old for proton beam therapy.
Hospitals are to be forced to meet “tough new mandatory standards” under government rules to improve hospital food, the Department of Health announces.
A fry-up in a pie being served in a hospital canteen in Scotland for £1.50 has caused national outrage – but you can already get them in most bakeries in Dundee, one pie producer says.
Victoria Macdonald
There are many doctors who would gladly have apologised when a mistake has been made but who will have been told by their management or their lawyers that they should do no such thing.
Police launch a homicide investigation as a man dies after 35 suspected immigrants are found in a shipping container at the Port of Tilbury in Essex.
Are 6,000 people really “dying needlessly” thanks to regional variations in cancer care?