The number of young children injured in violent attacks has risen 8% in a year, according to a survey of accident and emergency units in England and Wales. However, the statistics – collected by researchers at Cardiff University – suggest that overall levels of serious violence...

A dozen NHS trusts in England – meant to be among the elite – have been told to improve or face tough sanctions. All 378 trusts need a licence from the Care Quality Commission to work in the NHS under a new regime from 1 April. The regulator attached conditions to 22 – 12...

Hospitals in some of Britain’s biggest cities are spending tens of thousands of pounds on police cover at accident and emergency departments at weekends. Trusts in Glasgow, Newcastle and Merseyside revealed they paid for A&E cover on Friday and Saturday nights in a Freedom of...

The NHS in Wales is short of almost 400 hospital doctors, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Radio Wales has discovered that patients may have to travel further or wait longer to be seen, while more shifts will be filled by locum doctors. The Eye on Wales programme has been told...

Defence chiefs must tackle a rise in the number of British troops in Afghanistan suffering from illness, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. The public spending watchdog found thousands of working days are being lost to preventable complaints like stomach bugs and sprained ankles. But it...