Worried doctors opt for caesareans

Doctors admit they fear mothers will sue after difficult births, despite 20 per cent fall in legal claims against NHS trusts by patients.

Off our trolleys

Why are there so many medical comedies on TV? Have you visited a hospital lately, asks Phil Hammond.

Howard vows to tackle ‘superbug’

The Conservative leader, Michael Howard, today put the hospital 'superbug' MRSA in his sights, as the pre-parliamentary sparring between he and Tony Blair continued.