Many investigations into avoidable deaths in the NHS are inadequate, the health ombudsman has warned. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said that many of these inquiries are “not
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Sugary drinks could be banned from hospitals in England under new plans to tackle the rising number of overweight NHS staff. NHS England is consulting on whether to prohibit the
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Ten-minute slots for GP appointments could be hampering the number of patients diagnosed with dementia, experts have said. Researchers said that clinicians have difficulty properly assessing patients with memory problems
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A 13-year-old girl with learning difficulties has been taken from the care of a social worker after a family court judge heard that social services staff had raised welfare concerns.
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A spina bifida sufferer and a couple who look after a grandson with severe disabilities have won rulings at the UK’s highest court over the controversial so-called “bedroom tax”. Supreme
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A register of animal abusers should be created to help identify people who could also pose a threat to vulnerable people, MPs have said. Senior Tory Neil Parish, chairman of
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The family of a disabled grandmother who choked to death at a care home have hit out at its owner after it admitted health and safety offences. Margaret Humphreys, 84,
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Families are planning on mounting legal challenges over “illegal” cuts to social care, as a £1.9bn funding gap threatens services, experts say. The King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation
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Welfare cuts have resulted in “grave or systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people in the UK, a United Nations inquiry has found. The scathing report by the UN
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Almost half of children are living in poverty in some parts of the UK, according to a new study. The End Child Poverty coalition said the problem was worst in
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