People are being urged not to ask their doctor for antibiotics as part of a new campaign aimed at tackling growing resistance to the drugs. An estimated 5,000 people die
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Harriet Harman has called for whistle-blowing hotlines to be set up in response to the “endemic” abuse against women. The veteran Labour MP said society needed to do more in
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Following a fortnight long controversial storyline on BBC’s Eastenders involving a social worker issuing child protection measures that sparked outcry from some quarters of the social care community, The British
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The founder of the now-defunct Kids Company clashed with BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire as she insisted she was not to blame for the charity’s demise. In a heated exchange, the
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A woman has been jailed for the “truly abhorrent” sexual abuse of an 11-year-old boy. Dawn Davies, 36, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to 15 years after a jury
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Changes to the way assaults on NHS staff are recorded have been criticised by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The RCN expressed concern that the Government intends to rely
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The cost of childcare for young children has increased up to seven times faster than wages over the past few years, a new study reveals. Analysis by the TUC showed
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There has been a “rapid” rise in teenage girls self-harming in recent years, experts have found. Between 2011 and 2014 reports of self-harm among British girls aged between 13 and
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Measures to tackle emergency funding shortfalls in key public services will cost £10 billion over five years but amount to a “sticking plaster” solution, according to expert analysis of government
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One in four low paid workers are “permanently stuck” in poorly paid jobs, with little chance of earning higher salaries, a new study finds. Low pay is “endemic” in the
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