An independent inquiry should be held to examine reports of sexual misconduct in the NHS, the Lib Dems have said, following a survey which found almost one in three female
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The leader of the TUC has launched a scathing attack on the Government over its treatment of migrants, saying its response “shames” Britain. In his first keynote speech to the
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A pilot drugs consumption room in Glasgow must be taken forward “with urgency”, Humza Yousaf has said, after a statement from Scotland’s Lord Advocate paved the way for such a
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Hobbies such as gardening, reading, and arts and crafts are linked to lower levels of depression in people aged 65 and older, research suggests. The findings are based on self-reported
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Teaching suicide prevention in schools, better support for middle-aged men and a national alert system to highlight new methods of suicide could all help to bring down suicide rates in
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is investigating potential criminal offences in the cases of three serious maternity incidents at an under-review NHS trust. The CQC said it is assessing whether
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A former “house mother” who abused children in her care in the 1960s and 1970s has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Retired social worker Euphemia Ramsay, 76,
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The jail from which former soldier Daniel Khalife escaped “really needs closing”, the prisons watchdog said. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said “in an ideal world” Wandsworth would be
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The latest Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 may be transmissable enough to have an impact in settings where people are in close contact, following an outbreak at a care home in Norfolk,
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Childcare and early education reform will be key for four in 10 voters in their decision on who to back in a general election, a survey has suggested. The research
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