A police force has been told it needs to improve child protection practices after a report found it had not resolved problems highlighted in earlier reviews. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of
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Some of Britain’s leading charities will urge the Government to let them make a “radical intervention” at accident and emergency departments in a bid to relieve crippling pressure on doctors
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Inmates at a jail for teenagers represent 48 different gangs, inspectors have discovered, fuelling a “constant juggling” by prison officers to keep the boys apart. There were high levels of
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The Government is to stop funding 25 cancer treatments as part of efforts to cut costs by £80 million. NHS England has announced that the budget for the Cancer Drugs
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Health chiefs today launched a major initiative designed to improve prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. NHS England announced an independent task force which will develop a five-year action plan
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The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that continued underfunding of social care is likely to have ongoing consequences for the NHS. Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the LGA’s Community
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A psychiatric hospital patient will be sentenced today for murdering a healthcare assistant while she worked at the unit. Ryan Matthews, 62, fatally stabbed grandmother Sharon Wall (pictured) at Wotton
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A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed a healthcare assistant to death because he did not want to go to a no-smoking unit with no wi-fi will never be released, a judge
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Security will be “enhanced” at the secure mental unit where Sharon Wall was killed, with its boss admitting staff have “no idea” where killer Ryan Matthews got his murder weapon.
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A predicted 30% surge in rape trials has prompted police and prosecutors to overhaul guidelines on handling cases. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and police chiefs have launched a joint
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