Patients will be left “stranded” in hospitals and GP waiting rooms unless more money is found for social care, leading medics have warned. In a letter to the Chancellor ahead
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Police could start using fitness tracker-style devices to monitor suspects’ vital signs while in custody. Two UK forces are considering using the technology, which has been trialled in the NHS
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The NHS made almost £70 million by charging staff for parking last year, it has been revealed. Figures released by NHS Digital show that trusts in England raked in £69.5
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Ambulance staff in the north-east will pilot body worn video cameras following a 23% rise in reported attacks by patients this year. Around 40 North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) staff
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Actor Alun Armstrong branded a disability benefit only given to people unable to walk more than 20 metres a “cost-cutting exercise”, as he joined a protest against the rule. People
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The prison service and local authorities are failing to plan for a rise in elderly, ill and frail inmates, a new report warns. Many older jails are ill-equipped for prisoners
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More than 200 suspected members of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested in a national crackdown. There are thought to be around 1,500 of the networks in operation in
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Hate crime in England and Wales rose by nearly a fifth last year, according to police figures. There were 94,098 such offences recorded by police in total in 2017/18, an
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One of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles, who blackmailed a string of vulnerable victims, has won a challenge against his “manifestly excessive” 32-year prison sentence. Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder had his
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A new “treatment levy” should be imposed on alcohol duties to help deal with the harm caused by heavy drinking, MPs and health groups have said. Ministers have been urged
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