Hospital visits for heart disease and stroke patients are increasing, according to new figures. There were 1.69 million hospital visits, including ordinary admissions and day cases, for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
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A family planning provider has suspended surgical abortions for girls under 18 and vulnerable women after safety concerns were raised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). A number of other
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Ministers should act without delay to prevent a “damaging” legal loophole from putting young and vulnerable people in Rotherham at risk, according to MPs. The Communities and Local Government Committee
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Ministers and party leaders have been condemned by local politicians for a lack of leadership over the plight of lone child refugees during a visit to the sprawling Jungle migrant
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Black and ethnic minority people still face entrenched race inequality in the UK and efforts to address the problem have been “piecemeal and stuttering”, a watchdog has warned. A review
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Homeless people are too often given “ineffectual and meaningless” advice by councils which treat them badly, according to MPs. A report by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee blames
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A county council has been fined £100,000 after files containing highly sensitive personal details of more than 100 people were discovered in a disused building. Social care files were found
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Soaring numbers of prisoners are being returned to custody after being released, creating a “revolving door” system which needs to be overhauled, a campaign group has claimed. Offenders who are
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A hospital trust in a city that prides itself on equality operates a culture of “bullying and discrimination”, inspectors have said. NHS Improvement confirmed that Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals
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British and French authorities are to meet in Calais’s Jungle migrant camp to discuss how to care for unaccompanied children. Councillors from the Local Government Association (LGA) will visit the
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