A 21-month-old girl was murdered by a babysitter after the Probation Service failed to pass on information suggesting he posed a potential risk to children, a serious case review has
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Adult social care staff will see their pay rise to more than £10 per hour as part of a £300 million plan to help the health and care sector through
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Health leaders and charities have urged the Government to increase public health spending, as analysis reveals it has fallen by around a quarter in real terms over six years. England’s
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The Scottish Government has been urged to make misogyny a hate crime in response to the “national emergency” of violence against women. The Labour justice spokeswoman, Pauline McNeill, issued the
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An independent inquiry will be launched into the “systematic failures” that allowed Sarah Everard’s killer to be employed as a police officer, the Home Secretary has announced. Speaking at the
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Delayed discharges have hit another post-pandemic high, with patients spending a total of 46,171 unnecessary days in Scottish hospitals in August. An average of 1,489 beds were occupied each day
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A handyman who murdered a doctor and her 14-year-old daughter has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 34 years. The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi,
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Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she will make the case for a full public inquiry into institutions for unmarried mothers in Northern Ireland, stating that women were treated
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The “great scandal” of mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and workhouses in Northern Ireland must be investigated by a public inquiry, an independent panel has recommended. The Stormont-commissioned experts
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The king and queen of Sweden have visited the University of Stirling to learn about its dementia research. The royal couple met researchers based at the Dementia Services Development Centre
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