An innovative new tool for quickly diagnosing often deadly auto-immune infections will save lives, the Health Secretary said. At least a third of those with sepsis die at present. Every
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MPs have called for an “urgent review” of the way medicines for rare diseases are approved as patients are being “left behind” under the current system. Labour MP Liz Twist
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The Church of England has criticised the Home Office after it quoted the Bible to question an asylum seeker’s claim that he converted to Christianity because it is a peaceful
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Council social services bosses say they are trying to arrange a care package for a woman with mental health difficulties after a judge said she had “effectively been detained” in
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A charity has warned of a “domestic human rights scandal” over the number of people with a learning disability being kept in institutions. Mencap said a lack of urgency and
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The 16-year-old boy who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail has been locked up for at least 27 years. Alesha’s body was found in woods on the Isle of
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The Home Office has come under fire after it emerged that fewer than half of immigration detainees depart the country when they leave detention. In a scathing report, the Commons
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More than half of Universal Credit claimants have money “deducted” from their benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), new figures have shown. Figures released in response to
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Communities are facing a “serious shortfall” in children’s health visitors, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents 370 councils in England and Wales, said investment is
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NHS chiefs are bringing the cervical screening service back in-house after expressing dissatisfaction at the way it has been performing. Chief executive of NHS England Simon Stevens told the Commons
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