Council leaders call to cap care fees at £50,000 to allow most people to benefit
A cap on care fees should be set as low as £50,000 to allow most people to benefit, new figures from England’s largest councils show. The cap on care costs
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Nurses ‘exhausted, sick and dizzy’ as temperature on some wards exceeding 30C
Nurses have reported feeling exhausted, sick and dizzy as the hot weather raises temperatures in hospitals. One nurse was admitted to A&E with dehydration after working three 12-hours shifts in
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Judge says medics can withdraw artificial feeding from woman in vegetative state
A judge in the specialist Court of Protection has ruled, without analysing evidence at a hearing, that a woman in a permanent vegetative state should be allowed to die. Mr
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Scathing report finds outsourced NHS back office contract was a ‘shambles’
The hiring of a private company employed to perform various back-office tasks for the NHS in England “was a shambles”, MPs have said. In a scathing report on NHS England’s
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Government confirm plans to recruit hundreds of new mental health workers for schools
Hundreds of new mental health workers will be trained up and introduced to schools from next year to help boost young people’s wellbeing. Seven universities and colleges will offer education
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Church plans to discipline abusive bishop ‘fizzled out’ as he was going to retire
Church intentions to discipline bishop Peter Ball “fizzled out” because officials thought he was a “sick man” who was going to retire, former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has said.
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Justice Secretary announces seven court closures in cost-cutting exercise
Seven courts in England will be closed to save cash, the Justice Secretary has announced. Plans to shut down Cambridge Magistrates’ Court were withdrawn after a public consultation. But Banbury
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‘Snapchat Queen’ who posted video of dying boyfriend guilty of manslaughter
A “Snapchat queen” who posted a video of her boyfriend dying in a pool of blood has been found guilty of orchestrating his killing. Fatima Khan (pictured), 20, plotted with
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Detention of vulnerable women to end as Javid announces immigration pilot scheme
Detention of vulnerable women at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre will end in a pilot scheme announced by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The announcement of the trial to MPs comes
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Social workers on ‘high alert’ to identify people struggling in heat
Social workers are on high alert to check on people having difficulties in the heat, council leaders said. But the Local Government Association (LGA) also urged the public to check
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