The Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at the University of Birmingham has been commissioned to complete a critical appraisal of a health care programme which aims to share innovation around
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A man who feels “entombed” by a terminal illness has taken his “fight for choice at the end of life” to the High Court. Noel Conway, a 67-year-old grandfather and
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Independent care homes in Scotland are “on the breadline” due to a recruitment crisis and wage pressures, according to a new report. Industry body Scottish Care said the sector is
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Scotland’s position on smacking children is “untenable in international human rights terms”, the country’s new children’s commissioner has said. Bruce Adamson said legally allowing parents to smack their children puts
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Children going hungry in the school holiday is a “significant human rights issue for Scotland”, the Scottish commissioner for children and young people has said. Bruce Adamson called on the
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More than 200 GP practices across England have closed or merged in the last year, figures show. Data from NHS Digital reveals that while just eight practices opened, 202 closed
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A woman facing deportation to Nigeria has won a reprieve after Prime Minister Theresa May was told her three-year-old daughter faced female genital mutilation if they were returned. A decision
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The Home Office was fined more than £360,000 by the Treasury for breaking the rules when negotiating the salary of the head of the public inquiry into child sexual abuse.
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An escaped psychiatric patient who collapsed after attacking a walker with a belt was lawfully killed by the man he attacked, an inquest jury has concluded. Khoung Lam was being
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So-called “chemsex” drugs and former legal highs will be targeted as part of a new government blitz. Ministers will launch a strategy on Friday which aims to reduce illicit drug
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