A plan to treat and discharge patients from hospital on the same day has been “grossly derailed”, senior medics have warned. Under the NHS Long Term Plan, every hospital with
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More than 1,000 sexual assaults have been reported on mixed-sex mental health wards since 2017, new data shows. The figures, obtained by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), show there were
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Paramedics racing to reach a choking toddler at Butlin’s have told an inquest they were forced to abandon their ambulance and dash ahead on foot after finding the road blocked
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Further potential victims of Reynhard Sinaga, the UK’s most prolific serial rapist, have come forward following his sentencing, say police. The Indonesian student was jailed for life with a minimum
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are crowd-funding a new project to test former professional football players for early signs of dementia. Recent research from the University of
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The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) dealt with a record number of online child sexual abuse reports in 2019, as material showing illegal content increased by more than a quarter. Analysts
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First-time marathon runners can “reverse the consequences of ageing” on their blood vessels by almost four years, a study has found. London researchers found that healthy participants experienced reductions in
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Violence has “markedly increased” and safety remains a “major concern” at a prison which was the focus of a television documentary, according to inspectors. High levels of violence, self-harm and
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The brother of Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr has been jailed after he was convicted of stalking two fans of the band. Paul Kerr’s trial heard that he threatened to
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An out-of-school care provider in Edinburgh and the Lothians must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by children at three of its services, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate
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