This UK patient avoided the NHS list and flew to India for a heart bypass. Is health tourism the future?

With patients willing to travel across the globe to get treatment sooner or more cheaply, Indian hospital groups see a huge market for their services.

The man who wouldn’t be king

John Reid insists he admires the Chancellor and is not gunning for his job, let alone the Prime Minister's. So why is he the favourite of the 'Stop Gordon' lobby?

Flu feared more than terror attack

Officials prepare for worst-case pandemic.

New law against animal activists

The government is to rush through a measure to protect British companies from vociferous animal rights extremists, a new criminal offence relating to 'economic sabotage'.

Flagship hospital pays heavy price for independence

When New Labour came up with the idea that the best hospitals should control their own fortunes, no one foresaw the desperate plight that now faces the ailing Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Parkinson’s ‘could be linked to pesticides’

Science advisers say foreign data are no guide to risks in Britain.