The Government has insisted fast-tracked offers to supply PPE went through the same due diligence as any other route, after a leaked list showed dozens of firms were given contracts
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A two-year-old girl who died weeks into lockdown after suffering a serious brain injury was probably killed by her adoptive father, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Williams
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The NHS faces a bed-blocking and capacity crisis this winter because of a staff shortage in care homes, ministers have been warned. The Government was told by Conservative MP Mark
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The number of nurses and midwives leaving the professions has risen amid a warning more departures could follow without further efforts to tackle the pressures on both occupations brought on
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Social care staff should be given a bonus to stop them leaving for other jobs, health leaders have said, as they warned the NHS faces the “most difficult winter in
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Many vulnerable young people have struggled with weight gain during the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the NHS in England has said as the service launched new specialist clinics for
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NHS organisations have been asked to review their security arrangements after the UK threat level was raised. A letter has been sent to organisations, including hospital trusts and GPs, asking
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The Prime Minister has praised the taxi driver caught up in the Liverpool explosion for acting with “incredible presence of mind and bravery”. Speaking at a medical centre in east
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Nursing leaders have highlighted 10 pressures on health and social care services which they say have created “unsustainable, untenable” conditions. A report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said
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The Government has pledged £375 million for research into neurodegenerative diseases over the next five years. The investment will support the search for new treatments for a range of conditions,
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