NHS boss was driven to A&E after suspected stroke amid ambulance delay fears
The chief executive of an NHS trust has said her husband drove her to A&E after she suffered a suspected stroke because of her concern over ambulance delays. In a
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Former Care Minister set to be suspended from Commons after bullying constituency worker
A senior Labour MP is set to be suspended from the Commons for two days for bullying a member of staff. Former cabinet minister Liam Byrne has apologised for his
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Heroin addict jailed for 20 years over death of seven-year-old son from needless asthma attack
A drug addict whose seven-year-old son died alone from a needless asthma attack after she used his inhalers to smoke crack cocaine has been jailed for 20 years. Laura Heath
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Poignant video of teenager destined for career in health and social care played an inquest
A poignant video put together by the family of teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland has been played to an inquest examining her death. The 19-year-old was reported missing from her home in
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Vulnerable ‘badly let down’ when untested patients were discharged to care homes
Vulnerable people were “badly let down” and exposed to a greater risk of death as untested patients were discharged into care homes in the early period of the pandemic, bereaved
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High Court’s care homes ruling ‘rubs more salt in wound’ for families, says bereaved daughter
The High Court’s ruling that Government policies on discharging hospital patients into care homes were “unlawful” has “rubbed more salt in the wound” for families, a bereaved daughter has said.
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Care workers should be paid more and migrants granted permanent visas to tackle staffing crisis
Carers should be paid a higher minimum wage and made permanently eligible for work visas under immigration rules to help tackle staff shortages, according to Government advisers. The Migration Advisory
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Social care costs cap set to be introduced by Government after Lords back down
A planned £86,000 cap on care costs is set to be introduced after peers backed down over their demand for a Government rethink, amid concerns it is unfair to poorer
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UK food banks warn of accelerating crisis with over 2.1 million food parcels provided in past year
Food bank managers are warning of an accelerating crisis across the UK as the cost of living continues to soar. New figures released on Tuesday reveal food banks in the
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Government policies on discharging patients into care homes without testing ‘unlawful’ – High Court
Government policies on discharging untested hospital patients into care homes at the start of the coronavirus pandemic were “unlawful”, the High Court has ruled, undermining claims that a “protective ring”
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