The Government has suffered a further defeat at the hands of peers demanding strengthened safeguards for vulnerable people detained in care homes or hospitals. The House of Lords backed by
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Officers at Maghaberry Prison are making renewed efforts to identify the most vulnerable prisoners, the criminal justice inspector said. The high-security jail has a significant proportion of inmates with mental
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Four women bringing a High Court challenge over the Government’s Universal Credit scheme say they are struggling financially because of the way the system operates. The women, who are all
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Cash transfers should be given to Scotland’s poorest families to help them cope during the school holidays, a poverty commission has recommended. A report from the Poverty and Inequality Commission
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The charity which runs hundreds of foodbanks is expecting December to be its busiest month ever. The Trussell Trust said its network of over 400 foodbanks provided almost 160,000 three-day
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Mental health trusts are being asked to review deaths for “red flags” to improve patient treatment and prevent failings being repeated in light of the death of a teenager with
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Police have been left to pick up the pieces amid a national crisis in mental health care, a watchdog report has warned. Stretched forces are responding to tens of thousands
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Cuts to smoking cessation services, sexual healthcare and obesity services are “misguided”, Labour has said. The party said that reductions in spending on public health in England are “shortsighted” and
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A Denbighshire nurse is putting his best feet forward in a bid to provide better support for the mental health patients in his care. Joe Lewis, who is based at
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Some NHS 111 patients are to be booked appointments with their local pharmacist, officials have said. Patients in London with minor illnesses who call the NHS helpline can be sent
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