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Doctors' strikes have taught us that we're too reliant on healthcare
We have a widespread epidemic of overdiagnosis and overtreatment across the developed world.
NHS turns to India's Apollo Hospitals to overcome shortage of GPs
Health Education England has signed a memorandum of understanding to explore 'personnel and ideas'.
World Health Day 2016: Facts, figures and statistics about diabetes
World Health Organisation states 422 million people are affected by diabetes in a report for World Health Day.
Junior doctors' strike: NHS medics walkout for fourth time across England in contract row
Thousands of junior doctors to take part in 48-hour pay and conditions protest on 6 April.
The new NHS doctors contract is great - unless you're a carer, parent, female or disabled
Government thinks the indirect discrimination is 'proportionate' and 'justifiable'.
Tax on all fat foods needed to stem obesity epidemic consuming the UK
The UK is predicted to become the fattest nation in Europe by 2025, with almost 40% of adults obese.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt claims Brexit is a threat to the NHS
A Conservative colleague expressed that his remarks are 'absurd and demeaning'.
Junior doctors' strike: Jeremy Hunt branded a 'disgrace' for missing Commons grilling
Health Secretary failed to answer urgent question from Labour's Heidi Alexander.
Junior doctors' strike: BMA will stage total walkouts involving A&E wards in April
The Department of Health said the 'desperate and irresponsible' action would inevitably put patients at risk.
We must commend George Osborne's brave sugar tax: Inaction on obesity is not an option
Experts predict that it could reduce obesity, save the NHS £567m a year and raise £1bn for sports programmes.
Former Lib Dem minister claims Downing Street 'lent on' NHS chief over £8bn funding
David Laws said CEO Simon Stevens was forced into demanding less money than the NHS needed.
Budget 2016: Our economy isn't on the mend - it's functioning without a moral compass
Osborne has failed to reign in national debt but has caused profound heartache to our most vulnerable citizens.
Junior doctors' strike: Views from the picket line
The 48-hour walkout began on 9 March, following imposition of a new contract by Jeremy Hunt.
Immunity for doctors and nurses who admit mistakes can end NHS blame culture says Jeremy Hunt
The Health Secretary says staff can learn from the errors of others.
No Smoking Day 2016: Ten ways to quit smoking for good
Ten ways to quit smoking on No Smoking Day on 9 March 2016.
Yorkshire woman whose baby died days after delivery 'waited six hours for medical help', inquest hears
Sarah Ellis waited for hours on a maternity ward after telling staff she couldn't feel her baby move.
UK government accused of 'systematic attack' on public sector over 1% pay offer
Chancellor George Osborne has kept the 1% public sector pay cap in place since 2010.
British transplant doctors suggest bringing babies who will die to term to get their organs
Move to harvest stillborn children's organs could save '100 lives a year'.
Cancer's Achilles heel: Immunotherapy breakthrough as scientists discover 'flag' to target tumours
Researchers say they can harness a patient's immune system to kill malignant tumours.
UK government rejects call for meningitis B vaccine to be extended to all children.
'The NHS budget is a finite resource,' says government despite record-breaking petition.
E-cigarette prices to soar as EU moves to reclassify as tobacco product to raise tax
New tax regime will mean e-cigarettes will could cost more than £53.
Google AI neural network DeepMind and NHS develop Streams app to revolutionise patient care
Google DeepMind has developed an app to help hospital staff communicate better to improve patient care.
Jeremy Corbyn jokes David Cameron is jealous of his jacket after being mocked at PMQs
Labour leader made the quip as he launched his party's Police and Crime Commissioners campaign.
David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn revert to motherly advice during heated NHS debate at PMQs
Party leaders were debating the junior doctors' dispute until a Labour MP mentioned Cameron's mother.
Pregnant women to get £3,000 NHS budget for personalised care in shake-up of maternity services
New report found women wanted more choice and continuity in the care they recieved.
Prevent Strategy: Senior doctor calls for boycott of government's 'unethical' counter-terrorism programme
Royal College of Psychiatry to establish implications of Prevent on doctor-patient relationship.
Mental health crisis: How Tory austerity is spreading 'fear and anxiety' in patients and staff
IBTimes UK explores the impact of welfare cuts and austerity on mental health services and care in Britain.
Homeopathy is a therapeutic dead end: Alternative medicine ineffective at treating anything
After analysing 176 studies, expert calls the treatment a 'very dubious activity' and no better than placebos.
Proposed visa regulations could make it harder for Indian doctors to work in the NHS
The UK Migration Advisory Committee has proposed changes that would give European workers priority.
Nearly 700,000 sign petition calling for all children to get meningitis inoculation
The biggest petition in history will force MPs to debate the issue.