New research shows the idea of the "postcode lottery" was first used in 1997 to express concern about how access to National Health Service (NHS) drugs and treatment varied from place to place. But ...

BBC Radio 4's Today will follow six parents for five years, chronicling the ups and downs of looking after a young child in ...

A Bucks MP whose friend died by suicide has called for an end to the mental health “postcode lottery” which mothers face when they give birth. Laura Kyrke-Smith, MP for Aylesbury, proposed a new law, ...

Healthcare spending is subject to a postcode lottery, with some areas paying out more on cancer, heart disease or mental health than others, a new report from the King's Fund says. The parents of a ...