The NHS should fund hospice care to end the “postcode lottery” in end-of-life support, ministers have been urged. Independent crossbench peer Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (pictured), a doctor and professor
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Poverty has increased for children and pensioners over the last five years, a new study suggests. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said that, despite rising levels of employment, in-work poverty
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Jeremy Hunt has called for an inquiry into the safety of maternity services amid reports of avoidable baby deaths at NHS hospitals. The former health secretary raised the issue of
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An SNP activist has alleged that former Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay sent him dozens of unwanted messages over a period of four years. Shaun Cameron, 25, told the Daily
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“Massive pressures” on social care has “squeezed out spending for all other important services”, a senior Labour MP has warned. Chair of the housing, communities and local government committee Clive
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Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has resigned after admitting he had “behaved foolishly”, following reports he sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy. The father-of-two stepped down just hours
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Families with severely epileptic children say they continue to be denied NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis despite a law change in 2018. Parents claim they are having to pay more
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Charities have called for action to tackle spiralling sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England in a new report. STI rates are “unacceptably high”, with a diagnosis every 70 seconds on
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Restricting abortion access to “arbitrary” points before 24 weeks in Northern Ireland will only create barriers for women, healthcare workers said. Nobody must be excluded from reforms legalising the procedure,
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has met the challenge of listening to more than 1,000 care experienced young people as they discuss the changes they want to see to the system
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