People should not be “conned” into thinking a £12 billion tax hike will solve the problems facing social care, it has been warned at Westminster. The criticism came as legislation
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A new package of measures for general practice announced by the Government has been criticised, with claims the “lack of action” will force many GPs to “hang up their stethoscopes”.
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Demand for care is rapidly increasing across the NHS, despite already record-high waiting lists, health service leaders have said. A poll for NHS Providers, which represents health trusts and included
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Schools have been providing “basic needs” to families, such as food and clothes, amid the pandemic due to “weaknesses” in the welfare system that urgently need repair, a report suggests.
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Pupils at Gordonstoun boarding school were “feral” and regularly showed racist and sexist behaviour, an inquiry has been told. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard from a woman who attended
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The Scottish Government has created a group to ensure people close to suicide receive the support they need. In 2020, 805 people in Scotland lost their lives to suicide, according
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Some workers at a hospital where a radiographer died after contracting Covid-19 did not get adequate help in fitting their face masks properly, an investigation has found. A Health and
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The Scottish Government has been urged to set up a peer support network for asylum seekers who are facing destitution. The British Red Cross, along with the Refugee Survival Trust,
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Three in 10 working age stroke survivors have lost their job as a result of having a stroke, a new poll suggests. The Stroke Association said that the physical and
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The Local Government Association has warned that council housing waiting lists could double by next year – a situation it said was avoided last year due to extensions to pandemic
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