Nurses must be given more cash for soaring petrol prices otherwise patient care could suffer, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said. The union is calling on Chancellor Rishi
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People with learning disabilities and their families would have a greater say in their care under new protections being consulted on to update the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for the officers who strip searched a black schoolgirl while she was on her period to be charged with gross misconduct after a
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Ministers were not sitting in an “ivory tower” when decisions were being made about how to protect care home residents during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the High
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A judge has ruled that a woman who suffered a brain haemorrhage is dead after doctors and relatives became embroiled in a treatment dispute. Doctors said the woman, who is
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Women should be able to continue to access abortion care at home, peers have demanded. The House of Lords backed the retention of the service, which the Government had decided
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The Government seem to think it is more important to discuss ending the lives of lobsters than the end of life of people, a Tory former Cabinet minister has said.
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A third of people on Universal Credit have not been able to afford to heat their homes for more than four days over the last month, according to a charity.
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has suggested that another booster of the coronavirus vaccine could be rolled out in the autumn, as he said he expected experts to recommend an extra
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A drug has been shown to slash the risk of death for women with high-risk breast cancer by 32%. Experts described the findings as “hugely exciting”, increasing the chance that
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