Patient choice for care outside of hospitals to be expanded in new pilot scheme
Plans to expand the number of places that patients will be able to get care out of hospital have been hailed as the “largest expansion of choice in the NHS
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New hospitals programme beset by ‘delay, indecision and soaring costs’ – health leaders
The Government’s flagship programme to build 40 new hospitals has been marred by “delay, indecision and soaring costs”, health leaders have warned. NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts, said hospitals
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More than 3 million food bank parcels given out across UK in record-high year
The number of emergency food parcels handed out across the UK in a single year has reached its highest level, at more than three million. The Trussell Trust food bank
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Care home provider fined nearly £25,000 for failing to protect elderly resident
A care home provider has been fined £24,981 for failing to protect an elderly resident who had 10 falls before he died from a traumatic head injury. Claremont Care Services
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Baroness Foster denies sectarianising Stormont’s response to Covid-19 pandemic
Former Northern Ireland first minister Baroness Arlene Foster has denied “sectarianising” Stormont’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic by deploying a controversial veto mechanism to prevent the extension of restrictions. Giving
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More than 20,000 volunteer to join search for new dementia treatments
More than 20,000 people have volunteered to be part of a study aimed at speeding up the development of dementia drugs. The group will enable scientists to involve healthy people
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All new government policies should undergo mental health test, charity says
The potential mental health impacts of all new government policies should be assessed before they are put in place, a new report has urged. The Centre for Mental Health charity
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Tory MPs press for emergency immigration legislation after NI court ruling
Emergency legislation is needed to assert “beyond doubt” the UK “controls our own borders”, Tory MPs have said, amid claims over EU influence in Northern Ireland. The UK Government has
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Government denies moving asylum seekers from Scotland to block legal aid access
Asylum seekers at risk of being deported are not being removed from Scotland to England to deny them legal aid, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has said. During justice questions in
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Anti-overdose drug to be made available without prescription
An anti-overdose drug is to be made more widely available without a prescription. Professionals, including nurses, paramedics, police officers and probation workers, will be able to provide supplies of naloxone
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