Rishi Sunak was confronted by a patient about nurses’ pay, during a visit to a hospital in Croydon. Catherine Poole, a 77-year-old patient who is recovering from surgery, gave the
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Nurses work the equivalent of one day a week for free, according to a new analysis of pay. Researchers from London Economics, commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing, looked
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A further 13 inquests have been opened into the deaths of former patients of the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson. Consultant Paterson (pictured), 62, was convicted in 2017 of 17
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Broadcaster Kaye Adams has joined stroke survivors to demand the Scottish Government reintroduces a campaign that raises awareness of the most common signs of the medical condition. The Loose Women
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Midwives in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over what they described as an “insulting” pay offer from the Scottish Government. In a turnout of 61% of
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A self-styled healer has become the first woman in England to be handed a life sentence on television for the “profoundly shocking” murder of her friend whose headless body was
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Nine mental health groups have called on the Chancellor to protect the nation’s mental health in his budget by uprating benefits by inflation and maintaining funding for services. The organisations,
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The brother of a woman who killed herself in a young offenders institution has accused the authorities of continuing to let down his sister by “failing to hold to account
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Childline has reported a rise of almost a fifth in counselling sessions it provides to youngsters in Scotland about sexual abuse and exploitation. New analysis by the NSPCC of Childline
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The number of referrals of children in England to social services who are assessed as needing help is at its highest level for eight years, figures show. Some 413,320 “episodes
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