A group of leading doctors has launched a campaign to change the law on assisted dying for the terminally ill, reports The Guardian. The group has challenged the BMA, which opposes a change in the law on assisted suicide.Plans for a £60 million bowel-cancer screening programme that could save more than 3,000 lives a year have been announced by the Government, reports The Independent. About 1,200 additional specialists will be added to the health service in the next two years to help fight the disease.First-time mothers are being let down by postnatal care says the chief executive of the National Childbirth Trust, reports the BBC. The charity said a survey showed a shocking level of postnatal care and warned the NHS had to improve.

The Telegraph warns that patients have to put up with long waits and poor service because surgeons and managers are "freezing out" private companies from the NHS.

Scientists have warned people who work with a laptop resting on their legs are exposing their skin to long-term heat exposure, which could cause permanent damage, according to a story in The Telegraph.Wales’ chief medical officer has urged people in the seasonal flu at-risk groups to get vaccinated, reports the BBC.