Social Housing Target To Rise By 20,000
Nearly half the extra 40,000 homes the government wants built each year will be social housing, the housing minister, Yvette Cooper, is expected to say today. The government is increasing
Read MoreNearly half the extra 40,000 homes the government wants built each year will be social housing, the housing minister, Yvette Cooper, is expected to say today. The government is increasing
Read MoreAge-based drinking guidelines should be introduced to protect consumers’ health, says an expert. Recommended maximum intakes should factor in age as well as gender, according to Mary Gilhooly, professor of gerontology at Brunel University.
Read MoreA pioneering new housing scheme has put Hull in the forefront of a new approach in the provision of housing and support for homeless people who have had drugs and mental health problems and are now trying to permanently kick their addiction.
Read MoreMore than 100 protesters took to the streets in a demonstration against a new hospital for adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems. Villagers in Breaston fear that patients at Middlestead House could be dangerous.
Read MoreA University of Nottingham researcher has been awarded more than £440,000 by the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) to investigate the causes of the condition.
Read MoreThe government is launching a campaign to highlight the forthcoming rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales. A website is going live, and this will be accompanied by a mass mailing to 100,000 retailers and online advertising aimed at teenagers.
Read MoreA brain-damaged man who was not supposed to be left alone to smoke died in a fire at a care home while doing so, an inquest heard. Jason Wardle, who was wheelchair-bound died in a fire in his room at the Priory Grange Potters Bar; a home for adults with mental and physical disabilities.
Read MoreFour women who were recalled to a breast cancer clinic amid concerns over the quality of its screening have now been diagnosed with the disease.
Read MoreHempriggs Residential Care Home near Wick has closed after nearly 18 years of operation due to a steady decline in referrals over the past few years.
Read MoreA major overhaul of Scotland’s war on drugs will be unveiled this week as a report reveals a shocking rise in the number of addicts being ‘parked’ on heroin replacement drugs.
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