Hundreds of people have turned out to pay their respects to a veteran who died with no known family. Members of the public were invited to the funeral of 100-year-old
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A woman with learning disabilities, who was at the centre of an abortion battle, should be fitted with a contraceptive device, a judge in a specialist court has decided. The
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Thousands of applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme by people asking for the right to remain in the UK after Brexit have been unsuccessful, figures suggest. The Home Office
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The nominees for this year’s Social Worker of the Year Awards have been announced. 94 practitioners, social work teams and organisations from across England have been shortlisted this year in
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Plans to give a town’s 15 worst heroin addicts two daily doses of diamorphine have been revealed. The treatment plan in Middlesbrough – using medical grade heroin – is the
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Fewer than one in five local authorities have a dedicated appeals process for social care, according to new research by Independent Age, the older people’s charity. This means the only
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Disability hate crime involving violence has risen by 41% in a year, figures suggest. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by charity Leonard Cheshire also showed the number
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Tory former health secretary Jeremy Hunt said doctors, nurses and midwives are “terrified” of speaking out about baby deaths because of a “blame culture” within the NHS. Speaking on Baby
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A mother whose son was born with Down’s syndrome after a missed screening has won the right to damages from the NHS. Edyta Mordel, 33, sued the Royal Berkshire NHS
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A Tory MP and nurse has warned of the “high vacancy rate” as she called on the Government to establish legally enforceable nursing staffing levels in the NHS in England.
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