Home Secretary Sajid Javid is considering his response after a High Court judge declared a decision to cut state cash support to potential victims of human trafficking unlawful. Weekly payouts
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A hospital trust has been placed into special measures after it emerged that more than 100 cases of alleged poor care are to be reviewed. NHS Improvement confirmed on Thursday
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England’s top doctor has called on the NHS to use more technology and innovation to reduce the thousands of unnecessary outpatient appointments carried out every day. NHS England medical director
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Council social services bosses have come under fire from a family court judge after a little boy was placed with foster carers when grandparents who might have offered a home
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Leading judges are being asked to rule that a teenager’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in detention amounted to “inhuman and degrading” treatment. Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Lord Justice Moylan and
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South East Coast Ambulance Service is to remain in special measures despite showing improvements in care, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). A team of inspectors
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The parents of a dying baby suffered a “horrifically stressful” experience after social services failings deprived them of time with their child, an ombudsman has said. City of York Council
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Ministers have been accused of “unforgivable cowardice” after it was revealed that experts hired to test cladding 12 days after the Grenfell Tower fire were banned from criticising Theresa May.
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Millions of pensioners feel they have no-one to turn to for help and support, a charity has warned. Age UK estimates that 2.65 million people over the age of 65
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The Care Quality Commission has taken enforcement action to cancel the registration of Viewpark Care Home and are now no longer legally allowed to provide care at their service in
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