A pancreatic cancer survivor who lived to see his children grow up thanks to “incredible” drugs has hailed pioneering new UK research into two of the most deadly varieties. A
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The End follows a family of three generations trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live with none and make it count. Georgia Humphreys asks star Dame Harriet
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An independent inquiry into how rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson was able to go on performing unnecessary operations for years has uncovered a healthcare system “dysfunctional at almost every level”.
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According to independent research commissioned by Hft, a national charity supporting adults with learning disabilities, one in five organisations reported offering care to fewer individuals as a means of balancing
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The number of social care providers forced to cut support for vulnerable adults has doubled in the past year because of financial pressures, according to new research. One in five
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Children who are sexually abused by family members are going “unseen and unheard” by agencies who are “woefully ill-equipped” to deal with the issue, according to a new report. Children
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The parents of a disabled teenager who composed award-winning poetry by blinking at letters have said they are “surprised and disappointed” after an inquest found the care he received in
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Hospital bosses took too long to ask for a court decision on how a mentally-ill pensioner suffering from skin cancer should be treated, a judge has suggested. Mr Justice Hayden
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Universal Credit has been hit with another delay to its full rollout, at a cost of half a billion pounds. The Tories’ much-criticised flagship welfare reform is now not expected
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London-based Cera Care has announced that it has acquired Mears Care, one of the UK’s leading home care providers. The acquisition involved a cash consideration of £4m payable on completion,
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