All smokers admitted to hospital in England will be offered help to quit
All smokers who are admitted to hospital will be encouraged to quit as part of a new five-year plan, NHS England said. The NHS will invest £183 million in helping
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Health Trust fined £300,000 after violent knife attack on two nurses at secure unit
A health trust has been fined £300,000 after two nurses were stabbed by a patient at a medium secure psychiatric unit. The staff suffered life-threatening injuries when patient Myha Grant
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Member of paedophile group jailed for 15 years for plotting to rape baby boy
A man who was part of a gang of paedophiles who raped a baby and young child in abuse that was streamed over the internet has been jailed for 15
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FGM survivor issues warning over festive period ‘cutting season’ for at-risk girls
British girls who may be at risk of being taken abroad to undergo female genital mutilation over the Christmas “cutting season” have been urged to ask an adult they trust
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Government admits more than 4,500 disabled people wrongly stripped of benefits
The Government has admitted that more than 4,500 disabled people were wrongly stripped of benefits despite having “good reasons” for missing assessments. Work and pensions minister Sarah Newton revealed they
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Cross-party MP’s warn Universal Credit reform could be disastrous for disabled people
Universal Credit could have potentially “disastrous” consequences for disabled people, a cross-party group of MPs has warned. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee called on the Government to take urgent
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Immigration Minister lifts barrier for 260 unaccompanied child refugees
Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes has lifted the barrier for 260 child refugees to come to the UK. Ms Nokes made the announcement that she was removing the cut-off date criterion
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NHS England allocates £300,000 for ‘drunk tanks’ over festive period
The health service has earmarked £300,000 to fund so-called “drunk tanks” in a bid to ease the pressure on hospitals and emergency services over the festive period. The supervised areas
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Praise for radio host who kept suicidal caller on phone until ambulance arrived
Radio host Iain Lee has been credited with helping save a man’s life after keeping a suicidal caller on the line for 30 minutes until an ambulance arrived. The man,
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Free meals among measures announced to support disadvantaged children during holidays
Activities for poorer children during the school holidays are to receive a multimillion-pound funding boost. Thousands more disadvantaged children are set to benefit under the £9 million programme announced by
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