The NHS trusts in Bristol have described the New Year period as "challenging" as major incidents were declared at two major ...

Mayor Andy Burnham has praised the progress at Manchester Royal Infirmary, set to become a 'super' A&E in a £40m transformation. Hospital bosses say a key milestone has been reached in what they say ...

Southmead Hospital and the Bristol Royal Infirmary are currently operating under ‘critical incident’ protocols due to ...

A man has appeared in court charged with absconding from an open prison on New Year's Day. Aaron Thomas was arrested in Bristol on Saturday, after leaving HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire on ...

Police have ended their investigation into the disappearance of a Royal Navy sailor nearly 40 years ago. Simon Parkes, from Bristol, was last seen in December 1986 when the ship he was serving on, HMS ...

Prof Jonathan Benger is currently deputy CEO of the health technology assessment (HTA) agency. Prof Jonathan Benger will take over from Dr Samantha Roberts as chief executive of UK reimbursement ...

A Lancashire hospital has declared its "highest level" of alert due to high demand putting "patient safety at risk". The Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) in Lancaster has been placed at level four of ...

A two-month-old baby is currently in Bristol Royal Hospital for Children following an incident in Plymouth on New Year's Day. Residents in the Prince Rock area of the city were alerted to shouting in ...

A Scots dad who spent four weeks in a coma and 84 days in intensive care says he is "profoundly grateful" to the medics who saved his life. Brian Wands was diagnosed with pancreatitis in March 2022 ...

Simon Parkes, from Bristol, was last seen in December 1986 when the ship he was serving on, HMS Illustrious, was docked in the territory. Simon Parkes went missing in 1986 after the Royal Navy ship he ...