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Donations could become part of NHS budget

A change in accounting rules would effectively 'nationalise' public donations and fundraising, says the Charity Commission

Ministers ‘to control’ NHS charity cash

Millions of pounds of charity donations to hospitals will be 'nationalised' — making it easier to cut budgets, critics say

How campaigners raise funds to save lives

The status of Manchester's Christie Hospital owes much to fundraisers - as does the creation of Evelina Children’s Hospital

Smokers offered free 'quit kit' by NHS

The Stop Smoking Quit Kit features calming audio downloads and a stress toy - with a wealth wheel to calculate savings

Breast cancer is not a single disease, scientists discover

Findings should lead to improvements in diagnosis and treatment of disease that is a cluster of separate conditions

Under-12s treated for cocaine addiction

Experts say that the rise in the number of addicts is probably linked to children using the drug as a coping mechanism

Two heroin users dead from anthrax-laced drug

Heroin users have been warned over a contaminated batch as two users who died in Glasgow test positive for anthrax

Thalidomide survivors get £20 million package

The Government has awarded the funding over three years for people who were left disabled after their mothers took the drug

Have-a-go hero regains sight in stem cell trial

Russell Turnbull lost most of the sight in one eye 15 years ago. Now, thanks to British doctors, he can now see again

Secret report damns home births service

A confidential report on the Albany midwifery practice claimed that complications were more common in births it handled

Children's depression can store up trouble

The Place2Be intervenes early and prevents a huge number of children who are often deeply troubled from getting worse

Three 'legal highs' banned after deaths

Drug groups welcomed the action but warned that people would be willing to work around the law to produce the substances

Mothers rally in support of midwife service

The Albany service was investigated over concerns that ten times the normal rate of births had serious complications

Plan to let Forces head housing and school list

Bob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary, said that he was studying plans for local authorities to put the military first

Lawyers grow rich on NHS negligence

The rise of no-win, no-fee actions has been blamed for more payouts ending up in the pockets of claimants’ representatives

Middle-class women hit bottle hardest

Research reveals the ‘hidden harm’ to highly-educated, well-off women who drink to excess at home

Fear of anthrax outbreak among heroin users

Doctors assure public that risk is low but urge heroin users to be alert after patients test positive in Glasgow

Wellcome Trust funds £600m of human research

Largest independent charity in Britain is committed to study of biomedicine within the realm of genome sequencing

Health chief: don't give alcohol to under 15s

Allowing children to drink risks their mental and physical health, says Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer