A paralysed former builder is bringing a High Court challenge over the law on assisted dying. Paul Lamb, who lost a right-to-die case in the Supreme Court in 2014, will
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Around 5,000 medical appointments were cancelled following an unprecedented nurses strike which paralysed parts of the NHS. Healthcare workers in Northern Ireland said they were tearful and “at the end
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More than 68,000 households in England have been assessed as homeless or facing homelessness during a three-month period this year, an increase of more than 11% compared to the same
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Campaigners have called on the Home Secretary to change “unfair rules” which separate refugee families, with a video animation highlighting the “horrors” faced by children fleeing wartorn countries. The Refugee
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Boris Johnson has confirmed plans to restore bursaries for student nurses after they were scrapped as part of the Conservatives’ austerity measures. The return of the payments of up to
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A hospital has apologised after a six-month-old boy died due to “serious failings”. Harris James (pictured) was mistakenly treated for pneumonia when he had a heart condition, and did not
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More than a third of GPs have cut their hours in the last year, with many blaming the demands of the job, according to a new report. An annual workforce
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Grandparents who help care for their grandchild feel less lonely and more social, a study suggests. “Active grandparenting” is linked to a lower risk of loneliness and a larger social
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Picket lines have been set up across Northern Ireland as thousands of nurses strike over pay. The unprecedented action saw around 9,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
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A critical report into children’s services failures at a local authority makes for “very uncomfortable reading”, MP and former children’s minster Tim Loughton has said. Inspectors identified a “chaotic” approach
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