The NHS could make “significant dents” in plugging workforce shortages by working “smarter” and more efficiently, its chief strategy officer has said. Chris Hopson said more staff were needed but
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Police need “draconian” powers to carry out strip-searches of children, a Home Office minister said as she rejected calls to outlaw the “abhorrent” practice. Sarah Dines (pictured) was accused by
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A mother has branded her partner “a monster” who should “rot in hell” after he allegedly killed her two-year-old daughter before blaming the family dog. Sinead James, who is also
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Better-funded palliative care will never be able to eliminate unbearable suffering for everyone, the first session of a parliamentary inquiry into assisted dying has heard. The current law was described
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A new treatment which could “transform” the lives of patients with severe asthma is to be approved for NHS use. Tezepelumab, which is known as a biologic medicine, could be
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A review describing a toxic culture of bullying at one of the country’s largest NHS trusts shows its “reluctance to accept criticism”, a health watchdog has said. Rob Behrens (pictured),
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A transgender woman will serve her sentence in a male prison after stabbing her partner before tying her up and leaving with her bank card. Zara Jade (pictured) was jailed
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The current rules on MPs’ second jobs “strike the right balance”, Downing Street has said, after videos showed Kwasi Kwarteng and Matt Hancock offering to advise a fake Korean company
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Charities have expressed disappointment in the Government’s plan to tackle anti-social behaviour, calling it a “further criminalisation of vulnerable people”. Part of the proposals include targeting beggars causing a “nuisance”
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Humza Yousaf said he felt like the “luckiest man in the world” after being elected as the new SNP leader. Mr Yousaf, who has been Scottish Health Secretary since 2021,
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