Nurse struck off over affair with rapist in jail
A prison nurse from West Yorkshire who had an affair with a convicted rapist at a top security jail has been struck off the register. Karen Cosford had a relationship
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New report finds 67% of asthma patients ‘dying needlessly’
Asthma patients are dying needlessly as a result of poor care, a damning new report has found. Experts identified ” major avoidable factors” in two thirds of asthma deaths examined.
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Mental health patients forced to travel miles for care
A lack of beds is forcing mental health patients in England to seek treatment in other NHS facilities up to hundreds of miles away, BBC research has found. The number
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NHS accused of ‘failing to learn’ on diabetes care
The NHS is wasting billions of pounds of public money by failing to tackle diabetes early enough, experts have warned. The disease costs the health service nearly £10 billion a
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Carer arrested following Panorama care home programme
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a resident at a care home that was the subject of an undercover investigation by the BBC’s Panorama, police said. The
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90 face redundancy as Care UK closes dementia home
A Poole care home which looks after up to 50 people with dementia, is due to shut after a change in the contract between Borough of Poole and Care UK,
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Experts call for more research into suicidal behaviour
About 60% of people struggling with suicidal thoughts do not receive any help, according to research. In a new study, experts from Glasgow University and Harvard University in the US
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New research finds cancer care ‘lacks compassion’
Too many cancer patients are being shown a “lack of compassion” by healthcare workers, a charity said. A fifth of cancer patients said they felt like a “set of symptoms”
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‘Contemptuous’ Clifford sentenced to eight years for indecently assaulting four girls
PR guru Max Clifford has been jailed for eight years for a string of indecent assaults on four women. The 71-year-old finally fell from grace after decades influencing the media
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HMIC find 14 rape cases ‘unrecorded’ in damning report
A fifth of crimes – equivalent to tens of thousands of offences – could be going unrecorded by police, a new report has found. An inspection of 13 forces found
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