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Students at Haverfordwest-based Pembrokeshire College are urged to be vigilant after a fellow student who had contracted meningitis died.

Fake drugs dispensed to NHS patients in 2007 have never been found and patients remain unaware of the incident, BBC investigation reveals

More than 50 GPs involved in the groups that will control have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government changes are derailed.

A man who is almost completely paralysed has won the first step in his legal bid to pursue his right-to-die.

It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.

Health secretary infuriates doctors' union by repeating description first used by founding father of the NHSRelations between the health secretary, Andrew Lansley, and Britain's doctors hit a new low on Thursday after he accused the British Medical Association of being "politically poisoned" in its opposition to his NHS shakeup.Lansley infuriated the doctors' union by repeating a description first used by Aneurin Bevan, the founding father of the NHS, at the time the service was created in 1948. ...

The number of people spending more than four hours in A&E has risen, according to new figures.

Note to usersA technical fault prevented timely access to the Attitudes to Mental Illness 2011 publication via the NHS Information Centre website (due...