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'All you can drink' cancelled after student dies at freshers' event

29.09.09

Controversial 'all you can drink' night was one of two student parties cancelled at last minute after UCL undergraduate collapsed and died... more

The NHS must rein in the health tourists

17.09.09

American healthcare providers are notoriously hardhearted towards would-be patients without the ability to pay. Now British hospitals may become a little tougher on those who come here to exploit the health service... more

New online service lets patients rate hospitals

11.08.09

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A remedy for sick buildings

22.07.09

The new Kentish Town Health Centre is bright and functional — so why is it the exception rather than the rule when it comes to medical facilities?... more

Family’s grief as alcoholic son dies after being denied a transplant

20.07.09

Young alcoholic who began binge-drinking at 13 dies in hospital after being denied a life-saving liver transplant... more

Nine hospital guards held in thefts probe

08.06.09

Nine security staff have been arrested by police investigating theft at a London hospital... more

Exam pupils seriously hurt in duct collapse

12.05.09

Thirteen children were injured, four of them seriously, when a school heating duct collapsed as they were sitting an exam... more

Gene boost to cut stillbirths

14.04.09

London scientists are close a breakthrough gene therapy for a condition which causes 1,000 miscarriages and stillbirths each year... more

After a life inside hospital, it’s hometime for Tommy

09.04.09

A nine-month-old baby who has been in hospital nearly his whole life is finally going home... more

After a life inside hospital, it's hometime for Tommy

09.04.09

A nine-month-old baby who has been in hospital nearly his whole life is finally going home... more

Five hospital trusts fail to target MRSA

03.04.09

Five London health trusts have failed to meet hygiene standards set by a new "super-regulator" for health and social care... more

The hospital baby without a home to go to for Christmas

23.12.08

A baby who has been in hospital almost since birth is unable to go home because council bosses cannot rehouse his family... more

Cancer-free baby for Christmas

19.12.08

A London woman will give birth next week to the first British child genetically designed to be free of the breast cancer gene, the Standard can reveal... more

Surgeons operate to separate Siamese twins after emergency

02.12.08

Conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams underwent emergency separation surgery at Great Ormond Street hospital ... more

Siamese twins born in London

26.11.08

Britain's youngest mother of Siamese twins has given birth at a London hospital... more

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic

20.11.08

Plans to set up a polyclinic in a hospital have been scrapped after protests... more

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic

20.11.08

Plans to set up a polyclinic in a London hospital have been scrapped after protests... more

Tycoon helps set up Ł110m US-style cancer care centre

13.11.08

Thousands of patients are set to benefit from Britain's first American-style cancer centre... more

Ovary swap 'limited to few'

10.11.08

Hundreds of thousands of sterile women will not benefit from the latest fertility breakthrough, a health expert warned... more

Oxford University has Ł30m stuck in Iceland

16.10.08

The full scale of the Iceland bank crash's impact on British institutions is emerging... more

Drink-related admissions to A&E triple

16.10.08

The number of adults admitted to inner London hospitals with alcohol-related problems has tripled in the past four years, new research shows... more

Deaths probe at top hospital

25.09.08

A top London teaching hospital is being investigated over the deaths of three patients following surgery... more

Old Bailey judge is questioned after crash puts cyclist in hospital

19.09.08

A senior Old Bailey judge is being questioned by police after being involved in a car crash that left a cyclist in hospital... more

London surgeons create first cyber heart

18.09.08

London doctors have unveiled the world's first "cyber" heart, which they believe will revolutionise cardiac care... more

Patients must be known by number not name, medics told

13.08.08

Staff at two major hospitals have been ordered to refer to patients by a number instead of their name in a bid to keep personal data secret... more

Health giants join forces in research powerhouse

07.08.08

London's most renowned health experts are to unite to create the biggest medical research centre in Europe, it was announced... more

Winehouse back home after 999 dash to hospital for 'reaction to medication'

29.07.08

Amy Winehouse was discharged from a London hospital after receiving overnight emergency treatment for "a reaction to medication" at her Camden home... more