England’s mental health campaign Time to Change will stop next year after Government funding ended, it said. The campaign announced with “great sadness” that it will close on March 31
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A charity fighting for the rights of dementia patients to have family support during the pandemic is taking urgent legal action against the Government over its guidance on care home
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Hospice staff should be tested each week for coronavirus otherwise facilities risk having to close, an end-of-life charity said. Marie Curie said the lack of access to regular weekly testing,
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A South Yorkshire hospital trust says the number of Covid-19 patients on its wards is now “far beyond the first wave earlier this year” after it saw one of its
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A care provider has been fined £200,000 after an elderly resident was left on the floor with a hip injury for up to two hours in the middle of the
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The debate over extending the free school meals scheme to help vulnerable children over the holidays is like “something out of Oliver Twist,” the Children’s Commissioner for England has said.
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Millions more people will be under tougher coronavirus restrictions in the next 24 hours as the Government increased financial support for businesses and employees affected by the measures. Greater Manchester
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Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “heart sorry” for care home residents who have not been able to see their families for months, following an emotional plea from a 104-year-old
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Rishi Sunak has announced an emergency multi-billion pound bailout aimed at supporting workers and firms through the second coronavirus wave. The Job Support Scheme, which replaces the current furlough system
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England’s social care sector needs £7 billion more a year as an urgent “starting point” to avoid potential collapse of the market, MPs say. An immediate boost is needed to
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