The late Queen’s lady in waiting has resigned and apologised after she made “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” by asking a prominent black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse where
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Health and care employers have been urged to follow ethical recruitment guidelines after it emerged that more than 2,000 nurses have come to work in the UK from so-called red
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More than 10,000 ambulance workers have voted to strike across nine trusts in England and Wales, increasing the threat of widespread industrial action in the NHS before Christmas. The GMB
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A mother-of-five who was stabbed and strangled to death in a suspected murder-suicide had made a complaint to police of harassment on the day before her death, a pre-inquest review
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Experts have hailed the “beginning of the end” in the search for effective Alzheimer’s treatments after a new drug reduced memory decline among patients with early stages of the disease.
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Almost two thirds of unpaid carers have had to stop working or reduce their hours so they can continue caring, research suggests. Unpaid carers are relying on food banks and
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Up to 100,000 nursing staff will take part in their biggest ever strike next month in a long-running dispute over pay, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College
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A blunder at a lab which saw thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, according to new estimates. The error
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Peers have criticised “regressive” measures set out in the autumn statement enabling local authorities to receive more social care funding by raising council tax and delaying long-awaited reforms. Chancellor Jeremy
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A Cabinet minister has insisted there are no “immediate plans” for the Army to step in to help the NHS during a potential winter of strikes, but conceded it is
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