The NHS is unable to train enough GPs and nurses to meet demand and the situation is at crisis point, leading health experts have warned. The King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust
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Rape and sexual abuse support services across England and Wales have been given increased funding amid “unprecedented demand” from women for help. The Government funding package – totalling £24 million
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Police investigating the arson murder of a seven-year-old boy at his family home last year have released new images of a man they want to speak to. Joel Urhie died
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An abusive wife who killed her husband after repeatedly hitting him over the head with a rolling pin has been handed a life sentence. German-born Hannegret Donnelly, 55, was told
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Vulnerable children deserve better than the “painfully slow” progress the Government has made reforming children’s social care, an influential committee of MPs has said. A new report from the Public
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Around 150 therapists who claim to “cure” autism have been served enforcement notices by the advertising watchdog amid warnings their methods have no scientific credibility and could severely harm children.
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Council social services bosses are waiting for a High Court judge to make findings about the cause of death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found in her bedroom
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The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has dropped its opposition to assisted dying and adopted a neutral stance on the issue. A poll of almost 7,000 UK doctors found that
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MPs have called for an “urgent review” of the way medicines for rare diseases are approved as patients are being “left behind” under the current system. Labour MP Liz Twist
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The Church of England has criticised the Home Office after it quoted the Bible to question an asylum seeker’s claim that he converted to Christianity because it is a peaceful
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