Medicine “will be prioritised” over food if a no-deal Brexit disrupts supply chains, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock said “very significant” planning is under way to curb the
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Police are hunting a group of men in connection with the “brutal” murder of east Belfast community worker Ian Ogle. Mr Ogle, 45, a father-of-two, died after being assaulted on
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A childcare boss has told an abuse inquiry that too much emphasis was placed on preventing harm from strangers, rather than those youngsters knew. Charles Coggrave told the Scottish Child
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One thousand people are to be recruited by the NHS to help GPs deal with some of the “scourges of modern life” from loneliness to mental health issues. They will
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Six out of 10 people with cancer do not want to be described as a fighter, while many object to the suggestion they are battling the disease, a survey suggests.
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More than four in 10 people say that Brexit has impacted on their mental health in the past two years, according to a poll. And nearly two thirds of voters,
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Cities have been hit twice as hard by austerity than elsewhere in the UK, an urban think tank said. Almost three-quarters (74%) of cuts to local government funding over the
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Patients are missing out on safe and compassionate care due to a shortage of NHS staff, according to a new poll. Almost half (45%) of more than 15,000 frontline NHS
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A Conservative peer has launched a fresh attempt to legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. An amendment to the Civil Partnerships Bill will be debated in the House of
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care (ASC). Kate is due to start the role in May, taking over from Debbie
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