Fears over faulty hospital scales
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Trading standards officers are to check weighing equipment at hospitals across the UK because of concerns over accuracy, the BBC has learned.
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Scores of patients at the V.A. hospital in Albany were put at risk, and employees say bigger concerns were dismissed by officials.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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Five years after the release of a landmark report revealing the human toll that medical errors exact at US hospitals, Americans do not believe the nation&#39;s quality of health care has improved, a new survey finds.
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The NHS has been hit by a Â£180m compensation bill for incorrectly charging patients for nursing care.
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Many NHS trusts are failing to meet core standards for out-of-hours primary care, statistics show.
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NHS healthcare for cancer patients is not good enough, a think-tank of almost 1,000 doctors says.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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English NHS is poor relation of service in other parts of UK, patients' group says
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Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says.
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Stark evidence that high medical payments do not buy high-quality patient care is presented in a new study.
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Doctors and patients groups have criticised plans to set up health centres known as "polyclinics" across England.
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Many mental health wards in Britain may do more harm than good and on some, patients are subjected to violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to special reports in the Lancet on Friday.
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Two hospitals recall 30 fracture patients, who had a new form of treatment, over fears of possible infection.
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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Survey shows hospital meals are so bad that the staff themselves find them uneatable
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A hospital which gave 12 patients the wrong results after cancer checks, finds more 'discrepancies'.