The author of a report on the care of people with learning disabilities has reported an “alarming absence of any tangible progress” since it was published six months ago. Sir
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Children’s hospices are suffering after seeing their statutory funding frozen or slashed this year, while adult hospices are also complaining of a lack of fair and sustainable funding. Hospice UK
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The troubled inquiry into historical child abuse will finally be officially opened today. Its head, Judge Lowell Goddard, will give an opening statement to set out the “guiding principles”. The
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The sexual abuse of children has left “scars” on victims and society, the chair of the long-awaited independent inquiry into historical abuse has said. Judge Lowell Goddard, formally opening the
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People whose friend or relative died in a hospital have rated their end of life care “significantly lower” than those whose loved ones died in a hospice, care home or
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The first Conservative-only Budget for almost 20 years was “regressive”, taking “much more” from the poor than the rich, a respected economic thinktank has found. The Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Midwives, obstetricians and gynaecologists should receive mandatory training about female genital mutilation (FGM), according to new guidelines on treating pregnant women who have undergone the procedure. The Royal College of
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Chemicals in tobacco may help trigger serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, a study suggests. New research shows that smoking can triple the chances of developing psychosis. Previously the fact
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A gene therapy cure for inherited deafness has been successfully tested and could be offered to patients in under five years. Researchers restored the hearing of deaf mice by injecting
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A new study finds the numbers of young people being accommodated by local authorities or homeless services across the UK to be over three times higher than those recorded by
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