Night shifts do not increase the risk of breast cancer, a ten-year study of more than 100,000 UK women suggests. The research, published in the British Journal of Cancer, found
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A team of NHS learning disability staff are set to pound the streets and mountains of North Wales as part of a lung busting charity challenge. Dozens of staff from
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Social Care Wales has published a new set of resources to support social care practitioners with assessing carers’ support needs. The resources will help practitioners carry out high quality assessments
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England has fallen behind other UK countries on adult social care spending, new analysis suggests. The country spent around a third less per person than Scotland and Wales in 2010/11,
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The funding system for English councils is “unsustainable” and the Government must take action to address it, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said funding for
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Nurses are struggling to look after dying patients because of staff shortages, a survey suggests. Two-thirds of nurses (65%) said staffing levels are the main “barrier” to providing good care
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Detectives have welcomed the conviction of two men for raping a young woman who got into a car she thought was a taxi after a night out. Driver Abel Muntean
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Councils will need to spend £6.1bn per year more in 2025 on adult social care services compared to what they were spending a decade ago, new figures reveal. England’s 36
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The former head of a charity for the disabled has pleaded not guilty to defrauding the pension scheme of the non-profit he ran. Patrick McLarry is accused of transferring more
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Scotland’s elderly are facing increasing waits for the social care they need, a new report suggests. Age Scotland research found more than four in 10 older people requiring “substantial” or
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