Kidney patients are not receiving funds they are entitled to which help with the cost of performing treatments at home, a charity has said. Patients whose kidneys are not working
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Investigations into poor maternity care will be transferred to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Government has announced. In a written statement, health minister Maria Caulfield said the current maternity
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Life for children in youth custody is filled with “palpable tension and paranoia” brought on by the threat of violence, frequently cancelled family visits and few chances to build positive
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Proposed reforms aimed at getting more people into work have left disabled people feeling anxious and could expose them to bad practice, MPs have heard. Changes outlined by the Government
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Ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more” despite legal threats from local Conservatives. Robert Jenrick, the
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The NHS could make “significant dents” in plugging workforce shortages by working “smarter” and more efficiently, its chief strategy officer has said. Chris Hopson said more staff were needed but
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Police need “draconian” powers to carry out strip-searches of children, a Home Office minister said as she rejected calls to outlaw the “abhorrent” practice. Sarah Dines (pictured) was accused by
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Better-funded palliative care will never be able to eliminate unbearable suffering for everyone, the first session of a parliamentary inquiry into assisted dying has heard. The current law was described
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A new treatment which could “transform” the lives of patients with severe asthma is to be approved for NHS use. Tezepelumab, which is known as a biologic medicine, could be
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A review describing a toxic culture of bullying at one of the country’s largest NHS trusts shows its “reluctance to accept criticism”, a health watchdog has said. Rob Behrens (pictured),
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