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  1. No children under 15 should drink alcohol: CMO recommends parents stop young teenagers from drinking http://bit.ly/8JvtZU
  2. Organ donors will get priority for transplant operations: Unique scheme promises priority as reward for being a donor http://bit.ly/4CEmRG
  3. Half of MPs back legalised doctor-assisted suicide: 53% of MPs support assisted dying with no legal consequences http://bit.ly/6xs9LJ
  4. Troubled trust must speed up improvements says watchdog: CQC report calls for rapid improvements at Mid Staffs trust http://bit.ly/7JUWsD
  5. Santa image promotes an unhealthy lifestyle: Public health expert calls for healthier image for Santa http://bit.ly/8nIQML
  6. Paper round: Deadly cancer codes cracked, donors get priority treatment http://bit.ly/65rv12
  7. Paper round: Low intake of poor students, the winners and losers of social policy, and more http://bit.ly/61rBQB
  8. Five year plan to improve learning disabled services: CQC will scrutinise care for people with a learning disability http://bit.ly/6T0l2L
  9. Nurse leaders call for better IVF access: RCN says trusts are failing on national guidelines on IVF http://bit.ly/4F5lHN
  10. Gynaecological cancers more common in urban areas: Study finds 6 times higher incidence of uterine cancer in urban areashttp://bit.ly/77gveN
  11. Liam Donaldson to resign next year: England’s CMO to step down after 12 years in post http://bit.ly/4RGcqP
  12. Efforts to widen access to medicine are failing: Only 15% of medical entrants are from lower socio-economic groups http://bit.ly/8m129a
  13. Calls for halt on review of junior doctor funding:Imminent review of training funding for junior doctors is 'dangerous' http://bit.ly/8oKrzc
  14. Tenth of children in England will be obese by 2015: Poorer children will be caught in obesity trap, study warns http://bit.ly/8O4olr
  15. Medical students need more prescribing training: Call for steps to improve prescribing skills for budding clinicians http://bit.ly/8sYhIl
  16. Rapid progress made on same sex ward accommodation: DH threatens financial penalties for trust not meeting targets http://bit.ly/8FaM2d
  17. More evidence coffee and tea can prevent diabetes:Drinking more than 4 cups of decaf a day cuts risk of diabetes by 36% http://bit.ly/8t0tV2
  18. Paper round: Lack of prescription training, unsanitary US hospitals, and more http://bit.ly/5TDM8d
  19. Never work with children or animals: Jo Carlowe says child patients require some unique skills http://bit.ly/7Dj8U9
  20. Paper round: Leukaemia patients denied medication, Australian suntan lotion jingles, and more http://bit.ly/5rJwQC