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A surgeon is using a phone app to help train doctors in surgical techniques in developing countries.

National HIV Testing Week, which runs from 16-22 November, is to encouraging people to get tested, particularly those from the groups most affected by HIV, including gay and bisexual men and black African men and women. 

Surgeons helped a bridegroom’s grandfather get to the party on time after he was hospitalised with a stroke.

An app that allows A&E staff to call a porter using their mobile phone has won a national award.

A vascular consultant is using Facebook to connect with patients seeking a second opinion after being given an initial diagnosis of amputation.

London North West University Healthcare has shown “renewed energy and enthusiasm” in its most recent quality inspection, says England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals.

Nursing staff in Jack’s Place kept everyone on their toes by dressing up for Halloween.

This year’s Halloween line-up in the children’s ward included a homage to the Mexican Day of the Dead, an imp, a fiendish Queen of Hearts, chainsaw wielding consultant and assortment of ghouls, ghost and ghouls.

Rebecca Patel’s commitment to organ donation was sparked by the loss of her baby to meningitis seventeen years ago.

LNWH has won a national award for its work encouraging more than 300 nurses to make greater use of electronic rosters.

A hospice in west London is using virtual reality technology to help its patients manage anxiety and pain