Kate Pickles

Rachel Reeves' increase to employers' NI contributions starting next April will increase the average surgery's tax bill by £20,000 a year or an estimated £125.5million across all UK practices.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning ministers they face a 'perfect storm' of more staff leaving and fewer joining the profession, threatening patient care.

Resveratrol, a natural compound mostly found in red grapes, as well as blueberries, raspberries and peanuts, will form part of a major trial to see if it can stop cancer developing.

A glass of a nice red can leave you feeling a pleasant glow and lift the spirits.

The vigil protocols have been installed at around 20 trusts, despite the NHS describing the term as ‘unhelpful and misleading'.

Academics have called for new clinical guidelines to help doctors support mens' mental health in the run up to them becoming fathers.

Given the life-changing consequences – not to mention the physical pain – of having a baby, it is hardly surprising most of the attention is on the soon-to-be mother.

Early studies show a drug can effectively 'switch on' particular cells within the nervous system that play an important role in maintaining energy balance and sugar control.

The UK must harness AI 's transformative power to 'revolutionise the healthcare system' and slash cancer deaths, Lord Darzi has urged.

A potential treatment which reduces appetite – but without the side-effects of current jabs – has been hailed as the ‘holy grail' of weight-loss medicine.