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On the eve of World Kidney Day, Adrian Mole Author Sue Townsend - who underwent a kidney transplant operation last year - is appealing for people to come forward as altruistic donors.

Doctors' leaders have called for a halt in the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

There are growing calls for counsellors and psychotherapists to be regulated by law to protect patients.

Parents and private firms are being warned about the health and legal risks of collecting blood from umbilical cords after birth.

Millions of pounds intended to fund respite breaks for voluntary carers in England has been spent on other areas of the NHS, according to two charities.

Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive of Save the Children, has explained to BBC Breakfast why women in the developing world face the same risk of dying in childbirth today, as British mothers did in 1910.

A change in the law has brought new hope for thousands of people who are in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

A paramedic who lied to police and his bosses, after he failed to resuscitate a 30-stone man, has been jailed for a year. Karl Harris had told a colleague there was no point in bothering to treat Barry Baker who had collapsed after they arrived.

In some areas local authority care for mental health patients stops completely between the ages of 16 and 18, leaving some teenagers struggling to cope.

The island of Guernsey says it may classify the synthetic stimulant mephedrone as a class A drug.

Campaigners say adults with autism do not get enough help from the government.

Brooke Magnanti, aka Belle du Jour, gives her view on sex education - as it was revealed that Labour will miss its 10-year-old target of halving the number of teenage pregnancies.

New guidelines on whether people face prosecution for assisting suicide place closer scrutiny on a suspect's motivation.

Patients were left "sobbing and humiliated" by uncaring staff, an inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has found.

The number of teenage pregnancies in England and Wales has fallen by 4%, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.

New figures are set to show teenage pregnancy rates in England increased last year despite a government scheme intended to half them.

An inquiry into one of the worst scandals in the history of the NHS is to report its findings later on Wednesday.

The Scottish government is to announce details of its new strategy to tackle obesity.

Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.

Susan Davies, the mother of a five-year-old girl who received a letter from the NHS saying she was overweight, has said she was ''stunned'' at the news.