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The NHS Alliance responds to the Berwick report The Berwick report makes a number of insightful comments about what is good about the NHS while also acknowledging that there are things that need to change.

A stroke victim can no longer register sadness because part of his brain controlling his emotions was destroyed, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.

GPs have welcomed NHS England's launch of a public consultation into the future of general practice, the PharmaTimes reports.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has opened a public consultation on the update of its clinical guideline on the care and management of osteoarthritis in adults.

Cyclists have half the risk of developing diabetes as compared to those who drive to work, according to a report on website http://road.cc.

NHS England is to spend thousands of pounds to create 'digital flagships' in GP practices, health centres and hospitals as part of a drive to train 100,000 people to use the internet this year.

A gene that helps control the ageing process by acting as a cell's internal clock has been linked to cancer by a major new study.

The NHS needs to provide "proper out-of-hospital care" to be sustainable in future, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in The Daily Telegraph as he stepped up efforts to persuade doctors to accept sweeping reforms to the way they work.

The courts must do better when vulnerable young people are in their care, writes the NSPCC's Peter Wanless in his blog.

Almost half of people in the UK say they are blighted by pain on a daily basis with nearly as many reporting living with pain for more than five years according to a new survey.

Eating at least one portion of oily fish, such as salmon or mackerel, a week can halve the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a new study has suggested.

Asking people to identify pictures of famous people could help to highlight early signs of one type of dementia in half of patients, according to US researchers.

Diabetes sufferers are being denied the chance to monitor their blood glucose levels as vital test strips are being rationed to save money, according to a new report.

Children with severe asthma are to be given a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS after a U-turn by a health watchdog, according to the mailonline.com.

Researchers have found a new way to screen people for tuberculosis by identifying proteins released as diseased lungs break down.