An independent ambulance service has been rated “inadequate” after inspectors highlighted a range of issues threatening patient safety, including dirty vehicles and concerns over staff training. The Care Quality Commission
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Thousands of victims of domestic abuse are being “badly let down” by the legal aid system and forced to remain with their abusers because they cannot afford representation in court,
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About 60 per cent of people who are at risk of an opioid overdose in Scotland have received specialist treatment to prevent a potentially fatal outcome, a report has shown.
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A man who cut his mother’s head off, believing her to be the devil, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Ernest Grusza (pictured, left), 41, cut 59-year-old Wiesslawa
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A stepmother accused of cruelly abusing, poisoning and murdering a six-year-old boy has told a jury she blamed the child for problems in her increasingly troubled relationship with his father.
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More than 75,000 extra deaths have taken place in private homes in England and Wales since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, new analysis shows. Extra deaths – known as
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Judges will have to take rehabilitation into account as a primary consideration when sentencing young people after a new guideline was approved in a “significant milestone”. The Scottish Sentencing Council
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister has announced a public consultation on a proposal for compulsory Covid-19 and flu vaccination for new health and social care workers in the region. Robin Swann
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Frontline NHS workers and social care staff will need to have Covid-19 vaccinations in England to continue in their jobs, the Health Secretary has announced. In a Commons statement, Sajid
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Football star Marcus Rashford dedicated his MBE to his mother as he vowed there is more to come in his campaign to help disadvantaged children. The England and Manchester United
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