The cost of medicines to treat diabetes is at an all-time high, new figures suggest. The condition, which can be fuelled by obesity, cost £1.07 billion in 2018/19 in drugs
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More than a million patients could face long waits in A&E as the NHS experiences its “worst-ever” winter, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. A worst-case scenario based on
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More than half a million people, including more than 70,000 children, have not been granted the right to carry on living in the UK permanently after Brexit, official figures suggest.
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A specialist charity working to support stalking victims in Scotland will receive government funding for the first time. Action Against Stalking will use the funding to develop and deliver training
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Better clinical management is needed to reduce the high risk of suicide after hospital attendance for self-harm, researchers have said. A study suggests this should include a comprehensive assessment of
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Three people have been arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences following police operations at care homes in South Wales. Gwent Police are investigating allegations that some staff at Danygraig
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A Bulgarian baby should be placed for adoption in England even though she will probably lose her cultural identity as a result, a family court judge has decided. Judge Sarah
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A Court of Protection judge has given a woman with learning difficulties a chance to find love. Eight years ago Sir Mark Hedley concluded, following a hearing in Leeds, that
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Only one in three women would tell their family if they were considering abortion, according to a new poll. The survey of 2,684 women aged over 18 for Marie Stopes
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Rival parties have welcomed Alun Cairn’s resignation after being accused of “brazenly lying” about his knowledge of an allegation that a Tory candidate had sabotaged a rape trial. Welsh Labour
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