Car parking charges are to be abolished at NHS hospitals across Scotland, following a review of NHS Boards' car park charging policies.

Schools should adopt intervention programmes to help tackle rising obesity levels across Europe, according to an expert in child obesity.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has announced the appointment of Graham Smith as interim Chief Executive and Registrar.

A daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids could help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients who already have chronic heart failure, Italian research suggests.

The first three commissioners have been appointed to the Shadow Care Quality Commission.

Treating depression in patients who have suffered a heart attack does not lower the risk of future cardiovascular (CV) events, according to Dutch research.

Taking the drug ivabradine can reduce the risk of heart attacks by 36 per cent in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), UK research suggests.

Two new genes have been identified that could increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood, say US researchers.

The NHS 'can at times be too bureaucratic', admitted health minister Ann Keen in a webchat with patients.

More practices do not think that practice-based commissioning (PBC) has improved patient care than do, according to DoH figures.

The Conservatives want to encourage competition to provide out-of-hours care with GPs at the heart of the plan.

The North West has been appointed the first SHA to lead on allergy services, the DoH has announced.

The number of deaths involving Clostridium difficile in England and Wales rose by 28 per cent between 2006 and 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The Scottish Labour party has called on a leading Conservative to go to Glasgow and apologise after he suggested health funding should be cut there.

The BMA is appealing to the High Court to stop GPs over the age of 65 being charged to remain on the GMC's register.

All anti-psychotic drugs can increase the risk of stroke, with dementia sufferers at double the risk, UK researchers have warned.

The Dispensing Doctors' Association (DDA) is urging the government to make no change to pharmacy regulations.

NICE has published guidance on the appropriate prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in primary care.

Vacancy rates for GPs, practice nurses and practice staff in England and Wales have shrunk for the third year in a row, according to figures published by the NHS Information centre today.

The government has published its next consultation on the Pharmacy White Paper.