Funding to provide free bus travel for the elderly and disabled in England has been cut by 40% forcing cash-strapped councils to subsidise the scheme, peers have heard. Labour has
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An NHS whistleblower who claimed she was badly treated by a hospital trust after alleging it had been fixing its death rates was treated unfairly, a report has found. Manager
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Staffing gaps in the NHS could lead to “shortcomings” in quality of care for patients, leading MPs have warned. The shortage of clinical staff in the NHS could mean longer
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Rising numbers of young people are seeking help for worries about exam stress, according to ChildLine. Figures show that that the charity conducted 3,077 counselling sessions about the issue in
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The Government has announced a new taskforce is to be establised to help more people with learning disabilities to access apprenticeships. The taskforce comes as part of the goal to
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Many patients are being inappropriately sent home from hospital “alone, afraid and unable to cope”, according to a damning new report. People are being “badly let down by the system”,
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The concept of the so-called “weekend effect” on mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital on Saturdays and Sundays is a “major oversimplification” of a complex issue, experts have said.
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Failures in heart attack care are leading to tens of thousands of deaths, a new study has found. Around 33,000 deaths could have been avoided over a 10-year period if
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A convicted sex offender who has gone missing from a Lancaster care home should not be approached, police have warned. Lancashire Police said 41-year-old Andrew Westbury could pose a risk
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Yoga and meditation are more effective than memory exercises for combating the mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s, research has shown. Scientists compared the two approaches in a group of
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