It is “really worrying” that some care homes are reporting that they have not yet been contacted about getting a booster coronavirus vaccine for residents and staff, a social care
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The Welsh NHS is facing one of the hardest winters it will have ever faced, its chief executive has warned. Dr Andrew Goodall (pictured) said the dual challenge of the
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The health service in England has launched its annual recruitment drive after experiencing one of its busiest ever summers. There are now 1.3 million people working in the NHS, an
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The Government is being urged to take action to tackle a staffing crisis in the care sector because of “chronic” underfunding. Unison and the National Care Forum (NCF) have written
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Some 3.8 million households on low incomes are estimated to be in arrears with household bills, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Around 950,000 are thought to be in
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Doctors have accused ministers of being “wilfully negligent” after the Health Secretary ruled out immediately implementing the Government’s coronavirus “Plan B”. Sajid Javid (pictured) said people must get their Covid-19
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Police have been asked to urgently assess the scale of drink spiking at nightclubs and parties amid a rise in reports and claims some people have been drugged by injection.
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A new NHS training centre could make an immediate impact to tackle the staffing crisis in the Scottish health service ahead of a “really, really difficult winter”, Humza Yousaf has
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Councils are spending millions of pounds every year helping vulnerable families whose immigration status means they are not eligible to receive most public funds, MPs have been told. Local authorities
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A 16-month-old girl died from “utterly catastrophic” injures after she was “repeatedly physically assaulted over the weeks and months before her death”, a jury has been told. Star Hobson (pictured)
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