Women who donate eggs to help infertile couples conceive a child are to be given a lump sum of £750 compensation under new measures backed by the fertility watchdog.Read
A 13-year-old boy left with devastating brain injuries due to negligent delays in his birth at Birmingham Women’s Hospital has won £5.5 million damages.
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Hollywood thriller Contagion, released this month, sees a doctor battling the horrors of a global pandemic – but, in the real world, scientists at the University of Warwick are seeking help from the public to help them discover how contagious diseases are spread.Read
An NHS chief has apologised to families whose loved ones suffered “wretched indignities” at Stafford Hospital, admitting they were “severely let down”.Read
Four Midland NHS trusts identified as struggling to pay for their hospital rebuilds under the private finance initiative have defended their schemes.Read
Ministers have promised further changes could be made to the Government’s controversial health reforms as the plans were branded a “huge strategic mistake” by a senior Liberal Democrat.Read
Birmingham has become a major centre for treating and researching a children’s eye cancer but, as health correspondent Alison Dayani reports, funding is under threat as Government cutbacks take their tollRead
An email sent by a top civil servant in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal suggests Department of Health (DoH) officials were under political pressure to upgrade hospitals to foundation status by 10 Downing Street.Read
