Tracking the pill poppers

A big contractor is trying to persuade the NHS that its future lies in tagging drugs. Michael Cross reports.

The end of the x-ray

The old-fashioned x-ray, printed on film and displayed on a lightbox, is about to vanish. Dr Phil Hammond celebrates - and mourns - its passing.

Patient records a click away

Health and social care workers in Scotland will be able to access a patient's full medical history with a click of a button once ministers kick-start a programme of NHS modernisation.

Bad medicine

Will your drugs help or harm you? Sophie Petit-Zeman visits a new website that could put your mind at rest.