Health warning for hot days
The government will publish advice today on how to cope in a heatwave, to avoid a repetition of last year when an extra 2,0000 people died in 10 days in England alone.
Hit squads move in as hospitals prepare to deal with limits on working hours
Managers face choice of compromising patient care or failing to meet EU directive.
Donaldson lays into ‘glamour’ of cigarettes
The chief medical officer yesterday attacked the endorsement of cigarettes by models and film stars, saying product placement in film and TV and celebrity advertising gave smoking a deceptively glamorous image. By Sarah Boseley.
Tourists ‘get poor health advice’
Government calls for travel companies to warn tourists as West Nile virus spreads and sexual infections soar.
Reid to announce new PFI health projects
The health secretary will give the go-ahead today for 15 new NHS hospital schemes worth more than £4bn to be funded mainly through the private finance initiative.
Reid reneges on overseas staff pledge
Unions attack government's 'shameful' u-turn on poaching nurses from developing countries.