A woman who murdered her step-grandfather on Christmas Day by beating him with his own walking stick and stabbing him more than 120 times has been told she will serve
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A “senseless” benefits test is costing the NHS almost £8 million a year as a result of extra GP appointments or attendance at A&E, a charity has claimed. The MS
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A multi-billion pound increase in NHS funding will “go down the drain” unless action is taken on social care, a leading medic has warned. Labour peer Lord Turnberg, a former
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The leader of one of the country’s biggest trade unions has called on the Prime Minister to fund the NHS properly or call a general election. Dave Prentis, general secretary
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An “extraordinary and bright” teenager who suffered a devastating brain injury at birth is in line for multimillion pound damages from the NHS. Becky Tyler, from Crawley in West Sussex,
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The Duke of Cambridge has met the mother of a young man who took his own life as he opened the UK’s first centre outside of a clinic or hospital
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A family court judge has criticised social services staff over their handing of a case involving an injured baby, but kept the name of the council they work for secret.
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a review of the medicinal use of cannabis which could lead to patients in the UK being prescribed drugs derived from the banned plant.
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Breast cancer patients are being denied “life-changing” reconstructive surgery due to rationing in the NHS, a report has said. Figures revealed nearly a quarter of local NHS commissioning groups had
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A former deputy speaker of the House of Commons has called for a change to “arcane” procedures which allow MPs to block legislation with a single word. Nigel Evans (pictured)
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