Patients are being denied proper protection over health and care standards because of a regulator’s failure to recruit sufficient staff and its error-strewn reports, a Commons spending watchdog said. MPs
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Drinking a “moderate” amount of alcohol every day could be good for people with Alzheimer’s disease, a study has found. Consuming two or three units daily has been linked to
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Trainee doctors should be taught to recognise the signs of “gender-based violence” against women such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and forced marriage, the Chief Medical Officer has said in
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Modern slavery victims will be able send text messages to raise the alarm about their plight through a new helpline. The service, announced today by Home Secretary Theresa May, will
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Teenage girls in Rotherham were “targeted, sexualised and in some instances subjected to acts of a degrading and violent nature”, a jury has been told. Five men and two women
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Samaritans has released new figures showing the extent of loneliness and isolation people feel over the festive period, with nearly a quarter (23.6%) believing problems feel worse at Christmas and
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Jeremy Hunt has blasted the NHS over allegations health bosses failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people since 2011 as “totally and utterly unacceptable”. A leaked
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The NHS has failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people since 2011, a leaked report has revealed. An investigation found a “failure of leadership” at Southern
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Jeremy Hunt has announced an “Ofsted-style” evaluation system for clinical commissioning groups in a bid to improve cancer care in the UK. The system, which will come into place in
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Playing three dimensional video games may protect against the dulling of memory that comes with age, a study has found. Scientists believe 3D gaming could provide a novel treatment for
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