New NHS guide aims to tackle risk of falls among elderly patients
Elderly patients at risk of falling over in hospital are to be offered a new guide to prevent injuries. Data shows that more than 240,000 falls – more than 600
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Councils advising homeless ‘to sleep on the streets so they can get help’
Homeless people are being told by councils to sleep rough so they can get help, research by a charity has found. People who turned to their local authority for help
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Calls for mental health assessments before children enter care system
Peers have pressed for mental health checks to be introduced for children entering the care system. The Government had already agreed to change its proposals to include the promotion of
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Hunt warns Government will step in if local NHS chiefs make ‘wrong choices’ over care
The Government will step in when it thinks local NHS leaders have made the “wrong choices” about care being rationed in the health service, the Health Secretary has warned. Jeremy
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Concerns about abuse inquiry leadership ‘reported months before Dame Lowell resigned’
Concerns about the leadership of the national child sexual abuse inquiry were reported to a Home Office figure months before Dame Lowell Goddard’s resignation as its head, MPs have heard.
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Midwives ‘driven out of NHS by staffing shortages and long hours’, RCM report
Inadequate staffing levels are driving midwives to leave the NHS, with some looking after as many as 15 mothers and babies at a time, according to a new report. The
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Naming ban on sexual abuse suspects could be in place before year’s end
A ban on naming sex crime suspects unless they are charged could be in place by the end of the year. Former police officer Brian Paddick is leading proposals for
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NHS spending on agency midwives doubles reaching £25 million last year, RCM study
The NHS spent £25 million on agency midwives last year – a figure that has doubled in two years, according to a new report. The study, from the Royal College
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Severely disabled man awarded £2.5 million damages, 47 years after his birth
A severely disabled man has been awarded £2.5 million High Court damages, 47 years after his birth. Peter Atherton was white because of asphyxia when he was born at Billinge
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Eight men convicted of ‘degrading and violent’ sexual assaults on girls in Rotherham
Eight men have been convicted of sexually exploiting teenage girls in Rotherham. The month-long trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the men “sexualised” their victims and, in some instances,
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