Doctors should actively involve young patients and their families in children’s care, according to new draft guidance from the General Medical Council.

A number of healthcare staff, including at least one doctor, are under investigation for potentially inappropriately accessing the medical records of teenager Oliver McGowan after his death.

Hospital bosses have committed to reviewing the breast cancer care received by about 4,500 women after severe failings were found in services.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has strongly backed advanced practitioners following the British Medical Association’s latest report raising concerns about the roles carrying out doctor duties ...

A treatment that triggers thermogenesis in fat tissue could potentially help patients on GLP-1 treatment lose more fat, research suggests.

Children as young as 13 have been referred to a specialist clinic for a bladder condition linked to sustained use of ketamine, according to new analysis.

The British Medical Association is calling for a ban on advanced practitioners being used on doctors’ rotas, as it publishes a dossier of accounts of when patient safety has been put at risk. It is ...

UK scientists have uncovered dramatic genetic changes in the meningococcal B bacteria that was behind the super-spreader ...

It is a “matter of time” before human transmission of West Nile virus is seen in the UK, an expert has warned.