NHS

  • NHS to trial back-ache alternatives

    The NHS is to try out alternative treatments for back-ache – as well as cracking down on unregistered practitioners, it was announced yesterday. Read more

  • Call for child smoke crack-down

    Smoking in the home continues to pose a major threat to the health of millions of children, British experts said today. Read more

  • Patients need to learn self-care – doctors

    Many people have become so dependent on the British National Health Service they do not know how to look after their own minor ailments, GPs warned yesterday. Read more

  • Axe homeopathy – MPs

    Homeopathy should be removed from the NHS as it is "scientifically implausible" and does not work, a damning report by British MPs said yesterday. Read more

  • Baby antibiotic warning

    New guidance was issued to hospitals today in a bid to stem a raft of incidents involving an antibiotic given to new-born babies. Read more

  • Obesity pressure on hospitals

    The British National Health Service has seen a massive increase in surgical procedures aimed at dealing with obesity in the last four years, according to figures published yesterday. Read more

  • Children’s ward drug errors warning

    One in five drug prescriptions in children’s wards may be administered wrongly by nurses, researchers warned today. Read more

  • Fast diagnosis urged for heart failure

    Doctors should not delay in diagnosing patients with suspected heart failure, according to proposals published yesterday. Read more

  • Freeze threat to asthma

    People with asthma have been urged to take extra precautions against the freezing weather gripping the northern hemisphere. Read more

  • Call during freeze, public urged

    The British public was urged yesterday to use health service helplines to get advice on keeping warm as much of the northern hemisphere settled into its coldest winter for decades. Read more