Access to female doctors and delays for forensic examinations are the two key issues for victims of rape and sexual assault, MSPs have heard. During an evidence session about medical
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People are being urged not to stockpile medicines and not to visit pharmacies if they have symptoms of infection as pressure on the sector increases amid the coronavirus pandemic. Community
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Nurseries being closed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic is “absolutely devastating news” that will see early years providers forced to shut down, an industry body has claimed. The chief
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Schools across the UK are to close to all pupils except those of key workers in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19, Boris Johnson has said. Schools in
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An NHS hospital worker said they have been threatened with eviction by a landlord who is scared he will catch coronavirus from tenants, a charity has said. The worker is
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Northern Ireland Chief Social Worker, Sean Holland, has underlined the essential role social care will play in supporting vulnerable people in the weeks and months ahead. Mr Holland also confirmed
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All schools in Wales will close for an early Easter break by Friday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Welsh Government has announced. Schools will be re-purposed in order
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All schools in Scotland are to close at the end of this week, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. In a briefing at St Andrew’s House in Edinburgh, she also said a
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Home care providers will struggle to remain solvent without urgent Government support during the “unprecedented” coronavirus emergency, a professional body has warned. The United Kingdom Homecare Association, which represents more
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Household isolation and social distancing measures are “proportionate” to delay the coronavirus outbreak, the chief medical officer for Wales has said. Dr Frank Atherton said the steps would buy time
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