A GP has spoken about her “miracle” recovery after suffering from Covid-19 so severely that she said her final goodbyes to her husband and daughter over video call. Dr Anushua
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The Welsh Government has announced a £100 million investment aimed at reducing the record backlog plaguing the country’s health system and “kick-starting” the industry’s recovery from the pandemic. Health Minister
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Senior officials were “hounding” colleagues over the approval of a PPE supply contract worth a quarter-of-a-billion pounds to a hedge fund with “close ties” to the Government, the High Court
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The exceptional efforts of the social care workforce will be recognised through a new award launched by the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care. Professor Deborah Sturdy (pictured) has outlined
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Child poverty has risen in every Scottish council area since 2015, even before the impact of the pandemic is considered, campaigners have warned. The End Child Poverty coalition points to
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In some parts of the country the majority of children are growing up in poverty, once their family’s housing costs are taken into consideration, a report has found. Research for
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Seven “sexual predators” have gone on trial accused of exploiting and abusing a “vulnerable” teenage girl. The men face a total of 17 charges in connection with the sexual exploitation
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An ambulance service has paid tribute to a “well loved and respected” technician who died after an object pierced his vehicle’s windscreen. Jeremy Daw, known to friends as Jack (pictured),
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Rape Crisis Scotland has reiterated calls for the not proven verdict in Scots law to be abolished after new figures revealed almost a quarter of rape and attempted rape cases
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The son of a nursing home resident with dementia who had to sell her home to pay for her care has criticised the “kafka-esque” bureaucracy around trying to get financial
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