Getting less than six hours sleep a night can lead to an early grave, UK and Italian researchers have warned. They said people regularly having this little sleep were 12% more likely to die over 25 years or less than those who got an "ideal" six to eight hours. They also found an...

People in the UK have a higher risk of early death than those in many other wealthy countries, a study shows. While deaths before the age of 60 in the UK have nearly halved in the past 40 years, the rate for women is still similar to Slovenia and Albania. Experts said the large inequality...

Death rates are a poor measure of hospital care and should not be used to trigger public inquiries, experts say. The British Medical Journal analysis argued the figures were a "poor test of quality" and urged inspectors to rely on other measures instead. It contrasts with the...

Twenty-five NHS trusts in England should be investigated over higher than normal death rates, a leading health expert has warned the government. Prof Brian Jarman said a total of 4,600 more patients had died at those trusts in 2007-08 than would be expected. He told the BBC a higher than...

The former boss of a Kent hospital has begun an appeal to claim a £175,000 severance payment she says she is owed by the trust following her departure. Rose Gibb left her job days before a report into a clostridium difficile outbreak at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was...