More than £3 million has been given to help around 2,000 young disabled people in Scotland maintain employment during the pandemic. The Transition Fund, administered by Independent Living Fund (ILF)
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The Government has been urged by the victims of a rogue breast surgeon to step up implementation of key healthcare reform recommendations. Ian Paterson (pictured) is currently serving a 20-year-prison
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Mental health triage cars will be launched next month to offer better support response to people in distress after successful pilots in Glasgow and Inverness. The new initiative is a
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Care groups and unions have said they do not think vaccinations should become mandatory for care home staff after the Government confirmed it is looking into the option. Care home
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Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has called for “unified and determined” action to tackle gender-based violence. Michelle O’Neill was speaking days after Kenneth Flanagan, 26, murdered his mother Karen McClean,
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About 60,000 extra deaths have taken place in private homes in the UK since lockdown began a year ago, new analysis suggests. Extra deaths – known as “excess deaths” –
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A care home resident died alone while her daughter was left in a waiting room, a watchdog has found. The daughter suffered “avoidable distress” by not being informed her mother
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A heavily-pregnant nurse working with Covid patients at the start of the pandemic felt “pressured” to return to work despite concerns for her safety, her inquest heard. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong,
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Care home workers could be legally required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 under plans being considered by the Government, according to the Health Secretary. Matt Hancock (pictured) said that “no
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People with a severe mental illness are more likely to die following a heart attack than those without a psychiatric diagnosis, new research has suggested. Experts at the University of
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