Ministers are not meeting their commitments to improve cancer care in England, a new report has concluded. Experts advising MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee examined the pledges
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The Metropolitan Police has placed more patrols on the streets of London after thousands of women reported feeling unsafe walking round at night. The force said it has received 3,272
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An immobile and vulnerable woman died in “horrific” conditions in a bedroom after her elderly father and brother failed to care for her or seek medical help, a court has
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The Justice Secretary said he plans to appeal against the Parole Board decision which recommended the mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, should be freed from
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Detectives working alongside and liaising with the Ockenden Report team are looking into approximately 600 cases, the Health Secretary told Parliament. Following the release of the final version of the
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The chief executive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust responded to the Ockenden report by saying she was confident its services are safe. Louise Barnett (pictured) also said
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The Government’s planned £86,000 cap on personal care cost contributions is “regressive” and a “classic policy of levelling down”, ministers have been told. Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton)
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Women in England will have continued access to early abortion care at home after MPs supported a law change. The Government changed the regulations during the first coronavirus lockdown in
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MPs have rejected proposals aimed at improving workforce planning in health and social care in England. The Commons voted 249 to 167, majority 82, to reject a Lords amendment to
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Some 201 babies and nine mothers could have – or would have – survived if an NHS trust had provided better care, an independent inquiry into the UK’s biggest maternity
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