NHS backlog would not be as bad if No 10 had agreed beds funding, inquiry told
The NHS’s backlog of care would not be as bad if the government had given it permission to expand the number of hospital beds in the middle of the Covid-19
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Archbishop of Canterbury ‘has lost confidence of clergy’ following abuse review
The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing pressure to resign over a damning report into a barrister thought to have been the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the
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Covid denier jailed for online posts encouraging violence against Chris Whitty
A Covid denier has been jailed for five years after encouraging violence against Professor Sir Chris Whitty on social media. Patrick Ruane, 55, was found guilty at the Old Bailey
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Social care costs for working age and lifelong disabled could be £17bn by 2030, CCN warns
Costs to councils to cover social care for working age and lifelong disabled adults could top £17 billion by 2030, projections have suggested amid a warning the proposed National Care
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People smugglers who hid Afghan family of five in rubbish-filled van jailed
Two people smugglers who tried to bring a family-of-five from Afghanistan into the country hidden in a rubbish-filled van have been jailed. The youngest child was “extremely unwell and drifting
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Abuser might have been brought to justice had Justin Welby reported it – review finds
The most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England might have been brought to justice had the Archbishop of Canterbury formally reported it to police a
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Ex-care worker jailed for life for murdering partner’s mother in drunken knife attack
A lorry driver who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a frenzied drunken attack after she came to her daughter’s aid has been jailed for life with a minimum
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Social care charities supporting people with learning disabilities announce merger
Two leading social care charities have announced they are to merge. Milestones Trust, which provides support for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in Bath & NE Somerset,
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GP who tried to poison mother’s partner with fake Covid jab jailed for 31 years
A GP who disguised himself as a nurse and poisoned his mother’s partner with a fake Covid jab in a plot to murder has been jailed for 31 years and
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Mental Health Bill will deliver reform to outdated system, says Wes Streeting
Patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act will have more dignity and a say over their care under proposed reforms to what has been described as an “outdated” system. Among
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