A human rights body is threatening the Government with legal action over its “repeated failure” to give people with learning difficulties and autism the appropriate accommodation. The Equality and Human
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The Government has announced plans to ban local authorities from placing vulnerable children in unregulated accommodation amid growing concern over grooming and county lines drug gangs. Under the plans, all
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Latest Care England Freedom of Information analysis has again highlighted the underfunding of independent sector care homes when juxtaposed with those fees paid to state-run homes. Care England, the largest
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Officials are working to trace patients of two healthcare workers who are among eight people in the UK to be diagnosed with coronavirus. The pair, who were working in general
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People with type 2 diabetes are 50% more likely to die early than those without the condition, a charity has warned. Some 3.9 million people over the age of 16
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Google and Apple need to do more to protect children with depression from accessing unsuitable apps on their marketplaces, according to a study. The review, led by researchers from Lancaster
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The former head of a charity for the disabled has been jailed for five years for defrauding the charity’s pension fund of £256,000 to buy a holiday home in France
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Cancer patients in England are not being given enough information about their diseases due to NHS staff shortages, a leading charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said at least 120,000
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Sexually transmitted infections in pensioners have increased by more than 40% in the past four years, according to an investigation. Figures obtained by BBC Inside Out West found more people
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A senior minister has defended a plan to push on with a flight deporting 50 people to Jamaica despite widespread calls for the jet to be grounded. Chief Secretary to
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