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12 July 2013 Last updated at 06:35 ET Mr Hunt said the hospital will be a specialist orthopaedic centre Campaigners fighting to save a hospital A&E department where the first NHS patient was treated say they will challenge the decision in court. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that Trafford General Hospital was to be downgraded in phases. He ...

12 July 2013 Last updated at 08:31 ET A heatwave could affect much of England this weekend The Met Office has issued heatwave alerts for large parts of England. Yorkshire and the Humber, one of nine Met Office English regions, has a 90% chance of heatwave conditions until 20:00 BST on Sunday. The East Midlands and southern areas have a ...

12 July 2013 Last updated at 21:04 ET The way the care pathway has been implemented has come under intense scrutiny An independent review is expected to say the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), developed to support patients as they near death, should be phased out. The system, widely used in the NHS, can involve the withdrawal of medication, food and ...

11 July 2013 Last updated at 21:41 ET A consultation on the move was carried out by the government last year The government is to postpone its plans to introduce standardised plain packaging for cigarettes in the UK. Ministers are expected to tell MPs that a decision on the policy has been formally delayed so that more time can be ...

11 July 2013 Last updated at 19:14 ET Not all dementia patients get the checks they need Many dementia patients fail to have the proper checks when they are in hospital, an audit of care has found. The National Audit of Dementia found some improvements since its first analysis of care in England and Wales in 2011. But it says ...