Thousands of children are likely to have died every month because of the impact of coronavirus on health systems in poorer countries, a Scottish charity has found. In low- and
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The Scottish Conservatives have set out proposals for a Local Care Service, presenting it as an alternative to the Scottish Government’s planned National Care Service. It comes after the party’s
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Care homes could face widespread closures under new social care reforms, as new analysis warns government has ‘seriously underestimated’ the costs of its proposals. England’s largest councils and care providers
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A Ukrainian-born lecturer at the University of Portsmouth has said he is “appalled” at the Government’s handling of visas for war refugees from his country. Andrii Zharikov, a senior lecturer
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Nurses must be given more cash for soaring petrol prices otherwise patient care could suffer, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said. The union is calling on Chancellor Rishi
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People with learning disabilities and their families would have a greater say in their care under new protections being consulted on to update the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for the officers who strip searched a black schoolgirl while she was on her period to be charged with gross misconduct after a
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Ministers were not sitting in an “ivory tower” when decisions were being made about how to protect care home residents during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the High
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A judge has ruled that a woman who suffered a brain haemorrhage is dead after doctors and relatives became embroiled in a treatment dispute. Doctors said the woman, who is
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Women should be able to continue to access abortion care at home, peers have demanded. The House of Lords backed the retention of the service, which the Government had decided
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