A doctor due to go before the General Medical Council for the seventh time later says she cannot understand why complaints against her are being heard. Dr Sarah Myhill has a private practice near Knighton, Powys, where she specialises in treating patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. She...

A woman died and another became seriously ill soon after being given morphine by paramedics, despite family members warning of the patients’ allergies to the drug. The incidents were revealed in documents obtained by the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act and are understood to...

An investigation is under way after a newborn baby was given 10 times the normal dose of a tuberculosis vaccine at Scunthorpe General Hospital. The boy was injected with 0.5mg of the BCG vaccine instead of the usual 0.05mg dose, lawyers for his family said. The boy, who was born on 5...

Ministers are facing further pressure over plans to provide free personal care for the most vulnerable elderly people in England. More than 70 councillors who lead social care provision across England have written to the Times describing the plan as ill-conceived. Gordon Brown made the...