The NHS and Government complaints watchdog is calling for new powers to allow it to investigate issues such as elderly and mental health care. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)
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Early risers are less likely to develop some mental health problems than “night owls”, according to a new study. Researchers have found that being genetically programmed to get up early
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Local authority leaders have warned that money for local services is “running out fast” after the Government confirmed that it would allow council tax rises of up to 3% in
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The Department of Health has stepped in to overrule plans to halt blood donation in Channel ports for eight weeks around the scheduled date of Brexit. NHS Blood and Transport
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Criminal gangs are exploiting thousands of children as young as 11 to run lucrative “county lines” drug networks that rake in hundreds of millions of pounds a year, law enforcement
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British pensioners living the European Union could lose their access to healthcare if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal, according to Government guidance. Information published by
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The cost of completing a new hospital – where work was halted after the collapse of engineering giant Carillion – is higher than previously anticipated, it has been revealed. The
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Thousands of students could lose out on funding to study abroad if the UK opts for a no-deal Brexit, according to Universities UK. The Government announced on Tuesday that in
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has made an “absolute commitment” that the children’s ward at St John’s Hospital in Livingston will fully reopen round the clock in October this year. Ms
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A Tory former minister has blasted her party’s new Immigration Bill, saying if it passes it will make them “unelectable”. In a searing speech attacking those who have “spread lies
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