Care home providers and health experts are calling on Boris Johnson to fix the “desperate” social care situation with reforms comparable to the founding of the NHS. The Prime Minister
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A mother sobbed as she described the “barbaric and inhumane” treatment of her autistic daughter while she was in the care of the NHS. NHS worker Benji O’Reilly gave distressing
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The parents of a young disabled woman have described how she “starved to death” in front of them after she was admitted to hospital for a routine eye operation. Patricia
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Two ex-Serco bosses have been cleared of hiding £12 million in profits from the firm’s electronic tagging contracts with the Government after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) dropped the prosecution.
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Neglect contributed to the death of a young disabled woman who developed malnutrition after going into hospital for a routine eye operation, a coroner has concluded. Doctors’ inadequate management of
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An ambulance technician who died after an object pierced his vehicle’s windscreen had returned to the front line after retiring in 2020, his colleague said. Jeremy Daw (pictured), known to
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A council has been criticised for missing five opportunities to house a teenage boy who was left sleeping rough and sofa-surfing for two months during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Local
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Asylum seekers fleeing war, violence and persecution have endured “dehumanising” treatment while living in hotels amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The Refugee Council said it was “deeply
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More than 400,000 members of England’s adult social care workforce have not received a coronavirus vaccine, figures suggest. Some 80.4% of eligible staff working at older adult care homes had
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Food bank use rose a third during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Trussell Trust, which distributed a record 2.5 million parcels across the UK. The charity handed out 2,537,198
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