Seeing high death rate among certain patients, Portsmouth's hospitals have been defended by a surgeon and this has been stated in a national report.

According to figures that were obtained by health organization, from October 2008 to September 2010, due to an abdominal aortic aneurysm or AAA, there were six deaths and they happened after these patients were operated for the disease by doctors.

People who have a swelled up large vessel that takes blood to legs or stomach are operated by vascular surgeons.

According to an independent watchdog, at a south Cumbria hospital, lives of mothers and babies are still being put at risk.

NHS foundation at Morecambe Bay was also criticized for the way follow-up appointment were being missed, staffing issues along with some management problems as well.

There were a number of deaths that happened in the maternity unit of Furness General Hospital and this made the trust come under the spotlight.

Monitor's findings were very well accepted and it added that attempts to include the needed changes were on already.

Claims made by a woman that she had to give birth to her baby on the pavement in freezing temperatures after she waited for about six minutes outside a maternity unit have been denied by a health board.

The 25-year-old Lisa McNeil stated that Jackson, the baby, arrived, when she was still waiting for midwives to attend to her at the Victoria Hospital in Fife after she pressed the door buzzer.

Outsourcing giant Serco Group Plc has announced its plans to overhaul its management structure, in a move that will lead to at least 500 redundancies.

Most of the jobs at risk are from the company's office at Hook, near Basingstoke.

Outsourcing group Serco is to chop 500 UK jobs as part of a shake-up in the way it provides back-office services to public and private sector organisations worldwide.

Serco, which offers back-office support for a wide range of public & private sector bodies, has plans to merge its business processing operations into one global arm

As a part of reconfiguration of health services, one of its hospitals might be closed down by North Bristol NHS trust as it has put forward a proposal to do so.

Its chief executive Ruth Brunt stated that not everyone will be happy to know this.

About 500,000 people who are residing in south Gloucester and Bristol will bear the brunt of this change.

She added that people will feel that they have lost something as they will have to travel four miles rather than half a mile to get to their acute hospital.

About 40,000 women who might have been affected by breast implants that were faulty are worried and government has to give them a clear picture of what can happen, Labour has urged.

Women who might have had a substandard breast implant that is filled with industrial-grade silicone gel are affected and the shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, stated that there has to be a plan that has to be agreed with the private cosmetic surgery industry along with the question that who will pay for any consequence.

Researchers have stated that dropping the idea of drinking in January will not yield any benefit as having alcohol the rest of the year and not this month will not clean your system.

Often people give up drinking for a whole month as a New Year resolution but medics state that the idea is medically futile.

As the idea of taking up the DIY detox schedule begins, attempts to let people know about how the liver actually gets damaged are being planned through roadshows to attract public attention. The plans are being made by the British Liver Trust.

Pub owner & brewer Greene King has announced its plan to hire three thousand more workers as a part of its expansion drive.

Out of the total three thousand new jobs at the British pub and brewing firm, two thousand will be apprentices.

The more than 200-year-old firm's revenue grew 9 per cent during the 24 weeks to October 16, to settle at £527.5 million.

Fundamental pre-tax profit jumped 5.6 per cent to £77.2 million during the half-year period.