“Acutely” mentally ill women are being held in “terrible conditions” in a prison where some cells were found daubed with scratches and blood stains, a watchdog has warned. Chief inspector
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The family of an obese teenager found dead at home was “let down” by health and social services, a court has heard. Alun Titford, 45, is accused of the manslaughter
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Councils in Scotland would still be facing a real-terms cut to funding even if council tax is increased by 5%, a think tank has said. Analysis by the Institute for
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Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have started voting for industrial action in a dispute over pay. Members of five unions – Unison, the PCS, Prospect, the Royal College
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Scotland’s health secretary has said the recovery of the NHS after its toughest winter ever could take years. Speaking to STV’s Scotland Tonight, Humza Yousaf said he still believed he
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Planned strikes next week by nurses, ambulance workers and other health staff in Wales have been called off after a new pay offer from the Welsh government. The GMB was
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More than £400 million has been donated to UK charities to help people in Ukraine. As a result, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has become the biggest charity donor to
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Around six in 10 people with long Covid in the UK are likely to have been suffering the symptoms for a year or more, figures suggest. Some 1.2 million of
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A petition signed by 100,000 members of the public, nursing staff and patients will be delivered to 10 Downing Street on Thursday calling on the Prime Minister to pay nursing
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A High Court judge has raised concern about a shortage of suitable placements for vulnerable children after being told how a 12-year-old girl with severe learning difficulties had been “marooned”
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