A new report from MPs has warned that the Department of Health and Social Care is failing to provide the leadership required to deliver a social care sector sufficient to
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An investigation has reportedly been launched at The London Clinic over claims staff tried to access the Princess of Wales’s private medical records. At least one member of staff tried
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Hundreds of community pharmacies have closed in the last five years, which has heaped more pressure on overstretched GPs, pharmacists have warned. The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies said more
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A police officer stripped off his uniform and raped the alleged victim of an attempted burglary in her home, a court has heard. Sergeant David Stansbury (pictured) abused his position
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The sentencing of a woman convicted of harming a child with laxatives, which affected his development, has been deferred so a psychiatric report about her can be prepared. Tracy Menhinick,
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Restrictions on families visiting their loved ones in care homes during the pandemic felt cruel and punitive, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. The inquiry was told there had been
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The funding pot for the NHS in England is set to “decrease” in the next financial year, leading health commentators have warned. The Health Foundation said the budget for the
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More than half of the money the Government pledged to fund brain cancer research in honour of Dame Tessa Jowell is yet to be “deployed”, a charity has said. Dame
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A senior member of the Scottish Prison Service has apologised if protocols were not followed in the death of an asthmatic prisoner whose father said died alone in his cell
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A “lifesaving” helipad has opened next to an island hospital following a charity donation. The new helipad (pictured) adjacent to the Mull and Iona Community Hospital means that patients will
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