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Victoria Atkins says she has asked officials to look into claims doctors and nurses who have spoken up were mistreated

Alcohol abuse is costing England a whopping £27bn a year, a new study has estimated.

The infected blood scandal has been hailed the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. Over 3,000 people have died as a result of receiving contaminated blood products in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, and it is estimated that an infected person still dies every four days.

On the day of her uncle’s funeral in 1995, Jane’s life changed forever.* That was when she found out her uncle Edward, a person with haemophilia, had been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from the treatment he was taking for his condition.

Letters: Medical professionals and women who had bad experiences themselves respond to the findings of the birth trauma report

Exclusive: Experts call for higher taxes and tougher regulation as research shows cost to NHS, other public services and economy

THE BBC has been accused of having a "general antipathy" towards the SNP after the party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was found to…

Stop me if you've heard this one before. The shadow chancellor appeared on the radio this morning and, when asked about a crumbling corner of the public realm, agreed it was bad and said a Labour government would fix it. Pressed on whether she was actually committing any funding towards this,…

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty’s personal wealth surged by more than £120m over past year, Sunday Times Rich List suggests

Telling patients I can’t get their life-saving medication is awful. The government must act to prevent a real tragedy, says pharmacist Mike Hewitson

STEPHEN Flynn was interrupted multiple times by almost all the panel as he tried to speak on the economy on last night's BBC Question Time ...