Experts have warned the Prime Minister that the challenges facing the health and care system are set to “accelerate”. A letter to Theresa May signed by 75 leading health and
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A £107 million Scottish Government funding boost for health and social care services will cut bed blocking, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister said Scotland’s integrated health and social
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Doctors’ leaders have claimed the Government’s plans to extend access to GPs in England are in “complete disarray”, after a report warned of “difficulties” recruiting and retaining enough family doctors
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has named Brian Altman QC, a leading barrister, as its most senior lawyer. He will take over the role of lead counsel to
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Child safety campaigners have accused the Government of “dragging its feet” over a law giving police new powers to tackle paedophiles. An offence created to target those who groom young
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Thousands of new childcare places for young children are to be created under a £50 million scheme, ministers have announced. The move will help to deliver a Government pledge to
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Compensation could be delayed for victims of residential home abuse in Northern Ireland following the predicted collapse of power-sharing, a campaigner said. Recommendations from the first of the UK’s institutional
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The head of the British Red Cross has stood by his description of a “humanitarian crisis” gripping the NHS after the Prime Minister rejected the suggestion. Mike Adamson, the charity’s
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More money needs to be set aside for mental health care if Theresa May’s bid to improve treatment and combat stigma is to be achieved, the Prime Minister has been
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Jeremy Hunt has been accused of being “completely out of touch” with the scale of the problems facing A&E departments across the country. Dr Mark Holland, president of the Society
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