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Two of the country's leading health bodies have clashed over new draft guidelines that warn against the dangers of using paracetamol to treat a common form of arthritis that affects one million people in the UK.

The Health and Safety Executive is to prosecute Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust over the death of Gillian Astbury, a diabetic patient who was not given insulin at Stafford hospital.

Britain's first private medical school is set to launch in January 2015 with fees of £35,000 a year.

The NHS internal payments system should move towards paying by outcomes, the Healthcare Financial Management Association said.

Eating lots of broccoli may slow down and even prevent osteoarthritis, according to researchers from the University of East Anglia, who are now calling for further trials.

Researchers have found a link between protein levels in the brain and memory deterioration with age following research on mice.

The Royal College of GPs has hit out at the government over a consultation on migrant access to healthcare, saying that GPs must not become a €œnew border agency€.

New research from the charity Age UK's Living Your Way campaign has found that no matter what the weather 3.8 million (38%) people aged 65+ chose being able to potter in the garden as the activity that gives them the most pleasure in life.

People with mental illness are six times more likely to die in an accident than the general population, according to new international research.

GPs can take the lead in ensuring risk is reduced in patients experiencing acute kidney injury (AKI), the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has said.

 The mean age of the UK population is increasing and therefore, inevitably, the frequency of patients requiring post traumatic orthopaedic attention in their second century will increase. As might be expected, there is significant in hospital and one-year mortality. Patients have prolonged in-patient stays, and frequently require increased social support on discharge.

Far more men than women are dying from skin cancer, despite similar numbers being diagnosed with the disease, a report suggests.

GP's are to extend their opening hours by staying open later in the evening, and for the first time, on weekends as part of a new trial in the North West of England.

One of the most important recent advances in osteoporosis has been in the development and application of fracture risk assessment tools to guide pharmacotherapy.

Health checks offered to millions of people between the ages of 40 and 74 are a waste of time according to Royal College of GPs chair Dr Clare Gerada.