The death of every child in Scotland is to be reviewed in future in an attempt to reduce the avoidable deaths of young people, the Government has announced. Information is
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A 59-year-old woman who has brain damage and was at the centre of litigation relating to care home visits during the coronavirus crisis is set to return home, a judge
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A mother was told by a doctor that her son, who was being treated for cancer, would be safer at home than in a hospital where issues were linked to
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The condition of social housing in some parts of the country is “scandalous”, the Cabinet minister responsible has acknowledged. Communities Secretary Michael Gove (pictured) said families were living in conditions
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Half of people claiming Universal Credit (UC) were living in food insecurity even before being hit by the removal of the £20-a-week uplift, research shows. Half of claimants were experiencing
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Tens of thousands of children will have their lives “blighted by hardship and anxiety” without urgent action to tackle deprivation, a report has warned. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) Poverty
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A new public health body with a focus on prevention to help reduce the pressure on overstretched NHS services has been launched. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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More than one million extra health and care staff will be needed in the next decade to meet growing demand for care, according to a new report. Another 488,000 health
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An officer who strangled Sarah Everard with his police belt after kidnapping her under the guise of a fake arrest for breaking lockdown rules will die in jail. Wayne Couzens,
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A young boy with cancer was kept in cell-like isolation in a “filthy” Glasgow hospital after his mother started asking questions about cleanliness and infections in the water, an inquiry
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