There is a growing number of nursing staff who are expressing suicidal thoughts, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The college is calling for greater investment in support
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Rishi Sunak has conceded that net migration levels are “too high” after one of his senior ministers said it was “unacceptable” that there were a record number of arrivals last
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Relying on international recruitment to plug gaps in the health and social care workforce is “unsustainable”, trust leaders said, as figures showed health and care worker visas have more than
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James Cleverly has apologised for using “unparliamentary language” after calling a Labour MP “shit”, a source close to the Home Secretary said. Mr Cleverly (pictured) has been under pressure to
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The Government’s failure to act quickly in response to warnings about rising Covid-19 cases in autumn 2020 led to preventable deaths, the nation’s chief scientific adviser has said. Professor Dame
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Suella Braverman has joined Tory MPs in piling pressure on Rishi Sunak over net migration, after figures showed it hit a new record of 745,000. The Prime Minister is facing
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One of the country’s top scientists received “extremely hateful messages” during the pandemic, including threats to his family about “having their throats cut”, the UK Covid inquiry has heard. Professor
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The long-term use of medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could increase the risk of heart diseases, a study has suggested. Swedish researchers linked exposure to the likes of
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Welfare changes meaning people will lose their benefits if they do not look for a job will tackle a current “waste of potential” in the population, the Chancellor has said,
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Jeremy Hunt has gone from “hero to zero on social care”, according to campaigners who branded the absence of any new funding commitments to the struggling sector “shameful”. The only
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