Podcaster and bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James dies aged 40
Podcaster and bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James has died at the age of 40, her family has announced. In her final weeks, the presenter of the BBC podcast You,
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Sajid Javid tells of ‘deeply personal’ mission on suicide after brother’s death
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has spoken of his “deeply personal” mission to prevent suicides, four years after his brother’s death. Mr Javid’s brother, Tariq, took his own life in a
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Review into child bereavement support in Scotland recommends key changes to improve services
A new report on bereavement support for families and carers after a child’s death has made eight recommendations for improving services. Scotland has one of the highest rates of child
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Chair of Scotland’s Covid inquiry will ‘not shy away’ from holding wrong decisions to account
The chair of Scotland’s inquiry into coronavirus has said it will not “shy away” from making findings where the wrong decisions have been made. Lady Poole will chair the inquiry
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Further investigation for ambulance trust over deaths ‘cover-up’ claims linked to paramedic mistakes
An ambulance trust faces further investigation over allegations it covered up evidence about deaths linked to mistakes made by paramedics, the Government has said. Health minister Maria Caulfield told MPs
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Doctor bereaved in Manchester Arena attack shocked at holes in mental health aftercare
A GP whose stepson died in the Manchester Arena attack has recalled “screaming” in his car over the frustration of being unable to access timely mental health aftercare for his
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Government will not challenge High Court ruling that care home discharge policies were unlawful
The Government has said it will not be appealing against a High Court ruling which stated its care home discharge policies were unlawful. Last week, the High Court ruled policies
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Hancock apologises for pandemic ‘pain and anguish’ after unlawful discharge care home ruling
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has apologised for people’s “pain and anguish” during the coronavirus pandemic, after the High Court ruled the Government’s care home discharge policies were unlawful. On
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Coronavirus inquiry ‘must focus on how workers’ deaths could have been stopped’
The public inquiry into coronavirus should focus on what could have been done to prevent deaths of workers, campaigners are urging. The TUC and the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice
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Vulnerable ‘badly let down’ when untested patients were discharged to care homes
Vulnerable people were “badly let down” and exposed to a greater risk of death as untested patients were discharged into care homes in the early period of the pandemic, bereaved
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