People with Covid-19 were discharged to care homes over fears about the NHS getting “clogged up”, the pandemic inquiry has heard. Professor Dame Jenny Harries (pictured), England’s deputy chief medical
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Michael Gove has apologised to victims and bereaved families for Government “errors” during the pandemic as he listed what he believed were the failings, including locking down too late. But
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The operation of a scheme designed to transfer unaccompanied child asylum seekers from the care of one council to another has improved in recent months, a High Court judge says.
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Health and care leaders have expressed their “frustration” that they cannot spend last-minute winter cash injections for discharging hospital patients on preventing people being admitted in the first place. In
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The Government is attempting to criminalise homelessness “via the back door” under proposed criminal justice reforms, a Conservative former minister has warned. Tracey Crouch (pictured) also described some of the
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A person posing as a nurse entered a hospital ward, helped staff with a patient and then made off with personal information from 14 patients, a watchdog has found. Police
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The National Crime Agency (NCA) says it is confident it has done “all we realistically can” to identify victims of the Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal after identifying more than
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A&E waiting times in Scotland have continued to stagnate as less than two thirds of people were seen within four hours, new figures show. Statistics released by Public Health Scotland
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Criminal sanctions for abortion could be removed in England and Wales under new proposals to be tabled by MPs. Labour backbenchers have outlined plans to move amendments to the Criminal
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Sex offenders will be prevented from changing their names in “certain circumstances”, the Home Secretary has said. James Cleverly (pictured) said the Government intends to amend the Criminal Justice Bill
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