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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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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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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A hospital trust has apologised after a two-year-old boy was left infertile after surgeons operated on the wrong testicle. The boy was admitted to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children earlier
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A teenage father who murdered his “perfect” newborn son in a drink-fuelled rage before eating toast in a state of elation has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Doulton Phillips, 17,
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Achieving parity of access to treatments for mental health patients compared with that for people with physical conditions will be the work of a generation, the Health Secretary has warned.
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One in 10 young parents has used food banks and many skip meals because they cannot afford to eat properly, according to a report. Research by the Young Women’s Trust
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Tens of thousands of migrants could come to the UK to work for up to a year under the Government’s proposed post-Brexit immigration system. The new measure, which would be
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Health officials lack a clear post Brexit recruitment plan which could exacerbate current medical staff shortages, MPs have said in a report that also warns that the NHS faces regional
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Reforms to make it simpler for care homes and hospitals to hold vulnerable people who cannot consent to treatment or care have cleared their first Commons hurdle – despite cross-party
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