Corporate lobbyists are “almost wetting themselves” at the prospect of the cash to be made from their clients gaining greater access to the NHS in post-Brexit trade deals, peers have
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A student paramedic has died following a collision between an ambulance and a car. The 31-year-old woman was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham but died from her injuries
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A prisoner’s family were told of his death in jail by other inmates using illicit mobile phones, a report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said. Rocky Stenning, 26, was
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Accountancy giant Deloitte has been fined £4.2 million by the Financial Reporting Council for its audit of Serco’s Geografix division over the outsourcer’s electronic tagging scandal. The accounting watchdog said
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A hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer in men has been linked to an increased risk in dementia, new research has shown. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) suppresses male hormones
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The Government has been accused of trying to “stifle the debate on issues like abortion and equal marriage” in Northern Ireland. Labour MP Connor McGinn (St Helens North) raised concerns
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Billions of pounds must be spent to restore quality and access in the adult social care system to an “acceptable” standard, peers have urged. A report by the House of
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NHS hospitals are in such a poor state of repair that many have suffered collapsed ceilings, sewage leaking on to wards, and broken heating and lifts, an investigation has found.
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A High Court judge has ruled that a sick baby whose mother is a Jehovah’s Witness should have a blood transfusion. Mr Justice MacDonald concluded that a transfusion was in
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Hundreds of rape cases are being delayed by months because of a backlog in digital processing. The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee heard that the issue is “a major
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