Expensive high-tech air mattresses are only marginally better at preventing pressure sores than a specialist foam mattress, according to a new study. The research found only one in every 50
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A cross-party group of MPs is calling for a national care body to be introduced which would put care workers in England on equal footing with NHS staff. The social
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A no-deal Brexit could “exacerbate” the NHS staffing crisis, impact treatment options for UK nationals in Europe and create medicine shortages, three leading health think tanks claim. The Nuffield Trust,
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A prison officer has been stabbed in an incident at a jail for young offenders. The staff member at HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall was attacked on Friday, but it is understood
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Almost half a million frontline NHS staff are to benefit from a £210 million funding boost to train and retain nurses, Chancellor Sajid Javid is to announce. The money, which
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An independent mental health hospital which inspectors said “fell short of standards of care and treatment” has been rated inadequate and put in special measures. The Woodhouse Independent Hospital, run
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A judge has given doctors permission to perform a Caesarean section on a woman with mental health difficulties if she becomes agitated during labour and loses the capacity to make
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Black cab rapist John Worboys has forced one of his victims to give evidence in court in a bid to avoid a life sentence. Worboys, 62, was jailed indefinitely for
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A care worker who used his Manchester United connections to groom children has been jailed for 15 years. Bruce McLean, 62, was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Monday for
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Nearly half of claimants hit by the benefits freeze cannot afford essentials such as rent, bills and food, new data has revealed. Figures from Citizens Advice found that 49% of
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