Jeremy Hunt has blasted the NHS over allegations health bosses failed to investigate the unexpected deaths of more than 1,000 people since 2011 as “totally and utterly unacceptable”. A leaked
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Leading judges have rejected a challenge brought by disability rights campaigners against the prosecution policy in assisted dying cases. The campaigners accused Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alison Saunders (pictured)
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A severely disabled grandfather has launched a fresh legal bid calling for guidance to be issued over assisted suicide in Scotland. Gordon Ross, 66, who suffers from several serious medical
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Everyone in Scotland should have a right to palliative care according to an inquiry into the issue by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee. The Committee’s inquiry found that
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A judge has ruled that a 68-year-old woman ”locked into the end stage” of multiple sclerosis should be allowed to die. The woman’s daughter had told how her mother was
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Wales is the only country in the UK to provide round-the-clock support and advice for people approaching the end of their lives, a new report shows. The Welsh Government’s second
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This project was conducted by Nada Savitch and Emily Abbott (Innovations in Dementia CIC), and Professor Gillian Parker (Social Policy Research Unit, University of York) and funded by the Joseph
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Cancer patients are ending up in hospital because their carers are not properly trained on vital health tasks, a charity has said. Carers are being left to do jobs such
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The dedication and hard work of NHS staff in providing cancer care to people across North Wales has been praised by Deputy Minister for Health Vaughan Gething. The latest statistics
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Record numbers of cancer patients are relying on charity grants for essentials such as clothing and heating. Macmillan Cancer Support said thousands of people struggle every year to cope with
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