Widespread smoking ban on way
Enclosed public areas and workplaces to be affected.
Court to rule on power to decide right to life
Three appeal court judges to determine who has right to decide whether a patient's quality of life is too poor to warrant life-prolonging treatment.
Hewitt’s £3bn deal to double use of private sector in NHS angers union
NHS to more than double its use of private sector to operate on patients on waiting lists in England.
Lord Bruce of Donington
Obituary: Old Labour loyalist who helped launch the NHS but remained a Eurosceptic.
When food makes medicine kill, not cure
Doctors told to check patients' diets before prescribing powerful drugs.