Midwives have reacted with fury after the chief executive of their union reportedly backed a campaign to scrap the abortion time limit without consulting its members. Royal College of Midwives
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Nearly a million over-75s are living in poverty, a charity has warned. Hundreds of thousands of these poverty-stricken pensioners are in a “poverty trap” with little hope of escape in
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The number of students seeking help for mental ill-health has increased by nearly 50% in the past four years, according to new figures. NUS Scotland described the 47% rise in
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The Royal College of Midwives has reiterated its stance on abortion following reports that the head of the union backed a campaign to scrap the abortion time limit without consulting
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Council bosses have been ordered to pay a teenager embroiled in family court proceedings £17,500 damages after a judge concluded that social services staff had failed to “properly assess” and
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Thousands more children than previously thought are at risk of “harm and indoctrination” and face dangers from “unsafe” premises in illegal schools, Ofsted’s chief inspector warned. Inspectors have identified 100
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The family of a retired solicitor stabbed to death by a mentally ill man following a minor shunt have blasted the NHS for failings that left him free to kill.
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An NHS Trust will review 10 killings involving its patients after admitting it “got things wrong” with the treatment of a mentally ill man who stabbed a retired solicitor to
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have punched home their message of support for the nation’s mental health sufferers as they launched an initiative to tackle the
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A new ovarian cancer centre named in honour of a woman killed by the disease at the age of just 34 will investigate ways to improve diagnosis and treatment. Nicola
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