Patients will have a legal right to hospital treatment within 12 weeks and to complain about the standard of their care, under new laws unveiled by Scottish ministers.

A maximum waiting time of 12 weeks for hospital treatment will be guaranteed under new legislation being announced.

Tens of thousands of hospital beds in England must be axed to save money and improve care, a think tank says.

Good morning, and welcome to Daily View. I’m standing in for your usual Tuesday host because Sara was rushed into hospital yesterday. Get well soon, Sara. March 16th in history saw the resignation of Harold Wilson in 1976; in 1995, Mississippi finally ratified the 13th Amendment and officially outlawed slavery in US. Today is the birthday of

Take a look at this. To you it may be a smudge, but to the eagled-eyed politico it’s Google Street View showing a political campaign poster (for the Burnley Liberal Democrats’ campaign to save the local hospital). Is this the first time a political campaign poster has been caught on Google Street View?

The number of patients waiting more than 26 weeks for referral to a hospital in Wales rose during January.

A pay freeze across tens of thousands of top public sector jobs – affecting senior civil servants, hospital consultants, family doctors, judges, the senior military and top NHS managers – has been announced by Gordon Brown

Plans that could lead to the closure of hundreds of hospital wards drawn up but will not be made public until after the election.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said that John Radcliffe Hospital has done the right thing - put safety first.

CASTLE Craig Hospital, situated in the beautiful countryside of the Scottish Borders, is a well-known retreat for people suffering from drug- or alcohol-related problems. Taki