Three in five workers in early years settings say fewer children are reaching the expected levels of learning and development since Covid began – and some have forgotten basic skills
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The palliative care sector is at “serious risk” of collapse if the Government does not commit an extra £313 million a year to end its funding crisis, a leading provider
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The involvement of bereaved families will be “absolutely key” to the success of the independent inquiry into the Government’s handling of the pandemic, a campaigner has said. Boris Johnson revealed
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Employment for frontline healthcare workers should be “conditional” on Covid-19 vaccination, according to an article in a medical journal. The piece published in the Journal of Medical Ethics suggests that
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Reform of social care “can’t wait”, a Conservative former cabinet minister has warned. Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam) said Boris Johnson’s administration “promised to fix social care”, adding “all of
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Unpaid carers are struggling to help manage day-to-day services such as telephone, banking and financial assistance on behalf of the person they look after, a charity has claimed. A survey
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Actor Lennie James has reflected on his experience of losing his mother at a young age as part of a new charity campaign. Barnardo’s has launched Believe In Me to
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Twenty-nine men have been charged in connection with the child sexual exploitation of one victim in West Yorkshire. The men are accused of committing offences, including rape, attempted rape, indecent
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An NHS trust has made a “full and unreserved apology” to almost 120 women over concerns they were the subject of unnecessary operations at the hands of a former hospital
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Domestic abuse survivors can access “safe spaces” in nearly 300 TSB branches where they will receive specialist support, the bank has announced. TSB said the initiative will enable more people
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