What the papers say: Patients denied life-saving drugs
Elderly people in nursing homes in Ireland are being prescribed the wrong medicine, according to research by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development. It is thought that as many as seven in 10 people are being prescribed inappropriate medicine, the BBC reports.
The Independent and the BBC report that David Cameron and Nick Clegg will join health secretary Andrew Lansley today to reassure critics of the NHS reforms.
The Telegraph reports that doctors have discovered a protein in the blood that could help to develop a test to detect Alzheimer's disease.
The Telegraph and The Daily Mail report that foreign trained doctors are up to four times more likely to be suspended or struck off, according to research.
Research by Newcastle University has found that babies of obese women are nearly twice as likely to die in the womb as those of women who have a healthy weight, The Telegraph reports.
The Independent, The Daily Mail and the BBC report that the level of skin cancer among young people has soared. More than two Britons under 35 years of age are being diagnosed each day.
The Daily Mail reports that alcoholics are to be given mobile phones in a bid to support them to quit drinking. The £75,000 scheme aims to help 14 chosen places around the country.
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