New timetable arrangements coming into force on the railways this weekend are a “disgusting insult” to disabled passengers, a union has said. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said
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Tens of thousands of people with dementia are suffering “avoidable” trips to hospital, a charity has warned. The Alzheimer’s Society estimated that last year there were up to 54,000 potentially
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The Government is being urged by MPs to end the benefits “cliff edge” for carers who also work which can see them lose out if they receive even a small
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Health inspectors have told a hospital trust it must do more to protect patients after an elderly woman is thought to have accidentally swallowed cleaning fluid and died. The Chief
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The Government is failing to meet its commitment to put disabled people at the heart of its aid programme, a watchdog has warned. Ministers pledged to make disability inclusion in
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Lives were “undoubtedly put at risk” when a health regulator ignored information supplied to it by the police about practising midwives, bereaved families have said. The comments come after a
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The chief inspector of prisons has voiced fears that inmates may have taken their own lives because they could no longer face life at a violent and drug-ridden jail. Peter
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A police custody officer failed to carry out half-hourly checks on a man in custody who later died in his cell, investigators concluded. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
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A man who impersonated a doctor to sexually assault a pregnant woman has been jailed, police have announced. Gregory Boyle, 58, was imprisoned for six years and four months on
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A politician debating whether to legalise assisted dying in Guernsey has been criticised for his “crass” and “ignorant” comments to campaigners. The Channel Island could become the only place in
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