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NHS fraud: Dentists are claiming £70m in work on patients that has not been done
New NHSCFA body set up to crackdown on fraud in NHS as figures reveal staggering costs to taxpayers.
International Stress Awareness Day: Six ways to combat stress
On International Stress Awareness Day we find out the best ways to look after mental health.
World's biggest drug companies could sue doctors for prescribing cheaper alternatives
Prescribing the safe, effective and cheaper drug - which is used to treat a damaging eye condition - could save the NHS £500 million a year.
Damning report finds 'basic IT security' could have stopped NHS WannaCry cyberattack
The National Audit Office (NAO) led an investigation into NHS response to the cyberattack, one of the largest to hit the healthcare service.
Hospital ditches Airbnb-style plan to book NHS patients into strangers' homes
Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust in Essex has ditched plans to send patients to recuperate in strangers' homes as part of an Airbnb-style scheme.
Scrapping the NHS pay cap is a 'con' if it means funding cuts and job losses
Unions and workers urge Jeremy Hunt to reveal how the government will fund planned pay rises after announcing end of seven-year cap.
Japan's amazing hospital food makes NHS meals look embarrassing
A Reddit user has revealed the incredibly high standard of hospital food in Japan. So how does the NHS compare?
NHS model is 'obsolete and not fit for this century',chief hospital inspector warns
Professor Ted Baker says health system failing to cope with population growth.
Deadliest epidemic 'for 50 years' heading for UK as Aussie flu outbreak continues
Experts warn UK health facilities must prepare as Australia recovers from one of its worst flu outbreaks.
NHS wants to let you access medical records via a smartphone app
What is the new NHS smartphone application? Here's what we know so far.
NHS 'dangerously' short of emergency beds as worst winter in decade looms
Target to see majority of A&E patients within four hours has not been met in past two years.
NHS Lanarkshire hospitals and GPs hit by cyberattack, patients told not to attend 'unless essential'
This is the second cyberattack affecting the health authority since the global WannaCry ransomware attack in May.
Stephen Hawking attacks Conservatives for 'underfunding and privatising' the NHS
Renowned physicist has been reliant on the NHS since he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease aged 21.
18-month-old had her toe almost amputated after it began to drain pus following a beach trip
Aria McCart's mother claims that her daughter could have got the mystery infection by coming in contact with dog urine on the beach.
Jeremy Hunt's £1.3bn mental health plan 'lacks detail'
Thousands of NHS nursing posts remain unfilled, data revealed this month.
There has been a sharp rise in children feeling confused about their gender
The number of under-18s being referred for specialist help has risen by almost 500% in four years.
What should you do in an acid attack?
The number of acid attacks in London are on the rise.
'Hard Brexit means people fleeing the UK,' reveals Jeremy Hunt note
"Jeremy Hunt knows that Brexit will be a disaster for the NHS," the Lib Dems said after the gaffe.
£70m 'wasted' by NHS to prescribe paracetamol warns TaxPayers' Alliance
"The money for these items doesn't grow on trees," John O'Connell tells IBTimes UK.
Number of EU nurses applying to work in UK has slumped by 96% since Brexit vote
Only 46 EU nurses registered to work in April compared to more than 1,300 last July
You don't have to be a Corbyn fan to see the media obsesses over his dirty laundry
We shouldn't focus on things in the past when the government is inflicting misery in the present.
Hospitals told to expect 'further incidents' amid fears over second terror attack
Every hospital in England has been told to take precautionary steps.
Has the global ransomware attack given bitcoin its bad name back?
Ties to the global WannaCry ransomware attack have undone years of positive growth for bitcoin.
Watch live as surprisingly few WannaCry ransomware victims pay up
Three bitcoin wallets attached to the WannaCry ransomware attack have earned less than £40,000.
Labour plans £37bn funding boost for NHS as Tories turn 'unprecedented' cyberattack on Diane Abbott
"This is about having a health service for the many," Corbyn will tell the Royal College of Nurses.
The business of hacking: Hospitals paid nearly £100m ransom to cybercriminals in 2016
Hospitals are seen as 'soft targets' due to their antiquated IT systems.
Russia's Interior Ministry confirms cyber attack
NHS hit and at least 74 countries affected by international ransomware attack.
Hackers launch global cyberattack across over 100 countries using leaked NSA tool
Prime Minister confirms international cyberattack but says NHS patient data is safe.
Cybergeddon: What do NHS hospitals do now following crippling ransomware cyberattack?
The NHS has gone into meltdown following a computer virus but what can they do about it?
NHS ransomware attack: Which hospitals have been affected?
Updating list of NHS trusts and individual hospitals affected by the ransomware cyberattack.