Jeremy Hunt is willing to “pause” the introduction of new contracts for five days if junior doctors agree to talks on outstanding issues. Writing to the chairman of the Academy
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A learning disability charity is calling on a dating website to remove an “inappropriate, offensive and discriminatory” question from its site. Mencap has said OkCupid asks users as part of
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More financial stress expected in 2016 with residential care homes facing combination of budgetary cuts to funding, rising costs for regulation, staff pay and pensions. The annual number of residential
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A discovery linking nerve stress and Alzheimer’s could pave the way for a completely new approach to treating the disease, scientists believe. Researchers found that a protein known to drive
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The Ministry of Justice is to take over the running of a scandal-hit youth prison, according to reports. Medway Secure Training Centre in Rochester, Kent, was at the centre of
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A mother-of-four who murdered her toddler daughter months after being made her legal guardian has been jailed for at least 18 years. Kandyce Downer was convicted on Tuesday of killing
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Ministers are taking “one hell of a risk” by assuming application rates for healthcare students will remain stable once NHS bursaries are scrapped, Labour has said. Shadow health secretary Heidi
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A health trust has been hit with a £185,000 fine after it posted the private details of thousands of members of staff – including their sexual orientation – on its
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A Google artificial intelligence programme has been given access to an estimated 1.6 million NHS patient files, it has been claimed. According to New Scientist, the technology giant’s artificial intelligence
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The new contract for junior doctors could have a “damaging effect” on patient care and deepen the recruitment crisis in the NHS, a leading doctor has warned. The imposition of
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