There is little evidence that so-called “social prescribing link workers” improve social support or ease the burden on overstretched GP services, a new review has concluded. The new analysis, published
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MPs have supported proposals to introduce buffer zones around abortion clinics and hospitals in England and Wales. The House of Commons voted 297 to 110, majority 187, in favour of
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The new Chancellor has announced that the two-year energy price freeze for all households will now run for just six months, with campaigners warning that the move will lead to
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Liz Truss is battling to save her premiership after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned that “eye-wateringly difficult” decisions were needed as he tore up her economic strategy. Mr Hunt scaled back
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The jury in the trial of a nurse accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill 10 more have heard from an independent medical expert. Consultant paediatrician Dr Dewi
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Total Covid-19 infections in the UK have risen 31%, the biggest percentage jump since June, with most of the country now seeing a steady increase in virus levels. There has
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Industrial action ballot dates have been announced for more than 15,000 ambulance workers across 11 trusts in England and Wales in disputes over pay. Thousands more members across other NHS
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Liz Truss dramatically sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and ditched one of his key tax-cutting measures as she attempted to shore up her faltering premiership. After three weeks of turmoil on
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Courts are left with “no real choices” as to how to deal with vulnerable children in need of secure care placements because of an ongoing crisis in which there appears
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A police officer has said a 12-year-old-girl who killed herself “suffered some bullying” but that it did not “cross the criminal threshold”. Detective Sergeant Lee Baldwin told an inquest that
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