Ending the £20 Universal Credit uplift is a “callous act” which will push thousands of children into poverty, the Social Justice Secretary has said. Shona Robison (pictured) spoke as MSPs
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The Royal College of Nursing is calling for a crackdown on the advertising of nursing jobs for people who do not have the proper qualifications to fill them. The RCN
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Free hospital parking for NHS staff remains under threat after Matt Hancock failed to guarantee it would continue in England after the Covid-19 pandemic. Labour said free parking along with
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Maternity services at a hospital in Sheffield have been downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate” after the regulator found they did not provide “the standard of care women should be able
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Thousands of people with a mental disorder are currently in prison when they could be receiving specialist treatment, a royal college has said. Up to 8,000 prisoners – around 10%
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NHS and social care staff burnout has reached an “emergency” level and poses a risk to the future of services, MPs have warned. In a highly critical report, the Health
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US government health officials approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment has not been shown to
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Drugs designed to treat dermatitis, different types of cancer and the first licensed treatment of progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have been approved for use in NHS Scotland. Five
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A “sadistic” paedophile who exploited and blackmailed almost 2,000 victims globally after posing as an online sugar daddy has admitted 158 charges in what has been described as “industrial-scale” offending.
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Easing coronavirus restrictions too soon will be a “recipe for disaster”, a doctor has warned, amid concerns for an NHS already struggling with a backlog of non-Covid patients. Prime Minister
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