Health News from the BBC

Tests taken by foreign doctors who want to work in the NHS should be made harder to pass to bring them in line with UK standards, a study says.

The chair of the panel set up to advise ministers on the governance of NHS data tells the BBC the Care.data programme was "mishandled".

A sacked heart specialist was unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about patient safety, an employment tribunal rules.

Children can experience the negative effects of bullying on their physical and mental health more than 40 years later, says a study from King's College London.

Retirees could be told how long they are likely to live after stopping work, says pensions minister Steve Webb.

Doctors and nurses should do more to stop hospital patients developing infections, an NHS watchdog says.

Bowel cancer screening uptake needs to improve, campaigners say, after figures showed just half of people eligible in England come forward for the test.

Children suffering a mental health crisis in England are being forced into police custody because 35% of NHS "places of safety" ban under 16s, figures suggest.

All 18 NHS care homes in Northern Ireland that were earmarked for closure are to remain open while residents want to stay in them.

A businessman who died after complications following a cancer operation "would probably have survived" if he was re-operated on sooner, an inquest hears.