The Co-op is re-entering the health market with a new initiative allowing orders for repeat prescriptions to be made by phone. The company sold its healthcare business in 2014 for
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A terminally ill man lost his benefits and was declared fit for work due to his “adequate rapport” and ability to keep eye contact, MPs have heard. Labour’s Ellie Reeves
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Plans to change working patterns for Birmingham City Council home care workers have been dropped. The proposed shift alterations would have seen nearly 300 care staff working part-time hours. After
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Drinkers in the UK get drunk more often than anywhere else in the world, findings from a global survey suggests. Britons reported getting drunk an average of 51.1 times in
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Hundreds of children are locked up by the state in England at a cost of around £300 million a year, according to a new report. As of March last year,
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Supervision of all offenders in England and Wales is being brought back in-house after a part-privatisation was dogged by controversy and criticism. The public National Probation Service (NPS) will take
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Doctors will receive advice from ministers about the use of do not resuscitate orders for people with learning disabilities, a health minister has said. Caroline Dinenage told MPs she was
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A police officer who Tasered a man with autism and mental health issues for a total of 72 seconds used “unnecessary, unreasonable and inappropriate” force, a judge has found. Michael
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The man accused of lying about a Westminster VIP ring of child abusers and killers is himself a “committed and manipulative paedophile”, a court heard. Carl Beech, known by the
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A judge in a specialist court who is considering whether a mentally ill woman is still able to consent to make love with her husband of more than 25 years
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