Gay and bisexual men at higher risk of monkeypox exposure to be offered vaccine
Tens of thousands of men are to be offered a vaccine in a bid to stem the monkeypox outbreak in the UK, health officials have said. Some 793 cases have
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News figures reveal more than half of abortions now carried out at home
Changes to how women access abortion mean more than half of terminations are now carried out at home, new figures show. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
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Nurse aims to cycle to every children’s hospice in UK and raise more than £500,000
A paediatric nurse will cycle over 3,200 miles in 70 days to every children’s hospice service in the UK in a bid to raise more than £500,000 to support their
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More 65-year-olds living in poverty as direct consequence of state pension age rise, says IFS
Around one in seven (14%) 65-year-olds were in income poverty in late 2020 as a direct consequence of the state pension age rising from 65 to 66, according to the
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Victims abused by grooming gangs in Oldham receive apologies over authorities’ failures
Victims of grooming gangs in Oldham have received official apologies after a major report said police and the local council failed to protect some youngsters from sexual exploitation but concluded
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UK policy for child refugees to reunite with families both ‘discriminatory and devastating’, court told
A Home Office policy for child refugees trying to reunite with their parents and siblings in the UK is discriminatory with “devastating” consequences, the High Court has heard. A 19-year-old
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Covid-19 infection levels rising across UK with estimated 43% jump from previous week
Covid-19 infections have risen in all four nations of the UK, with the increase likely to be driven by the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, figures show. The number of
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Health workers employed by private company vote to strike over pay and holidays
Health workers employed by a private company have voted to strike in a dispute over pay and holidays. Unison said its members working for OCS at Lancashire & South Cumbria
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Government appoint first women’s health ambassador for England
Professor Dame Lesley Regan has been appointed the first women’s health ambassador for England. The expert (pictured), who is past president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG),
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Mother accused of killing baby told social worker ‘you want to take her, then take her’
A mother accused of murdering her 10-week-old daughter told a social worker “you want to take her, then take her” during a visit hours before the baby’s collapse, a court
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