NHS Wales unveils ‘Brexit Warehouse’ as it calls for calm in no-deal scenario
NHS Wales has urged people not to panic over medicine supplies in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as it gave a tour of its facility storing products in case
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Pharmacists experiencing shortages of every major type of medicine – poll
Pharmacists are experiencing shortages of every major type of medicine, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT), antidepressants and anti-epilepsy pills, according to a poll. Blood pressure drugs, contraceptives, painkillers and skin
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Charity call for new measures to protect older people from domestic abuse
At least 200,000 people over the age of 60 are the victim of domestic abuse each year, according to a new report. The Age UK study said the figure is
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Patients at mental health hospital ‘significantly reduced’ after abuse allegations
Patient numbers at a mental health hospital in Northern Ireland have “significantly reduced” following allegations of abuse, the Health Department said. Muckamore Abbey Hospital just outside Antrim town provides inpatient
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Religious order tells abuse inquiry pupils were ‘robbed of their childhoods’
Pupils at schools linked to a religious order were “robbed of their childhoods” by the physical and sexual abuse which took place there, an inquiry has heard. Paul Reid, representing
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Ex-head of prestigious music school ‘bitterly regrets’ not knowing of child abuse
A former headmaster of a prestigious music school rocked by child sex abuse scandals has told an inquiry he “bitterly regrets” not knowing what was going on. John Vallins was
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Bereaved families face ‘shocking’ injustice trying to secure legal aid for inquests
Grieving families are facing a “shocking” injustice when trying to get legal aid funding for the inquest of a loved one who died in state care, campaigners claims. Charities have
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Young doctor being told to leave UK ‘defies basic common sense’, say campaigners
Campaigners have said the UK’s immigration system “defies basic common sense” after a young doctor who has spent the majority of her life in the country was asked to leave.
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Government urged to act after two homeless people died every day last year
The Government has been urged to take action on homelessness after new figures revealed that two homeless people died in England and Wales every day last year. Deaths of homeless
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Children’s services in Stirling improve but older care leavers not consistently supported
Inspectors have today reported key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care in Stirling are cared for but older care leavers were not always consistently
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