Health and care workers who refuse to get vaccinated could be moved to back-office roles, the care minister has suggested. Helen Whately (pictured) said there were people who could not
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The Government will be keeping a “really close eye” on how extra funding will be spent by the NHS, a minister has said, amid fears cash eventually destined for social
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Consultation has begun on plans to mandate Covid-19 and flu vaccinations for frontline health and care staff, the Government has announced. The six-week consultation process will take views on whether
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Boris Johnson broke an election promise as he announced a £12 billion a year tax raid to address the funding crisis in health and social care. The Prime Minister insisted
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A trainee doctor has been jailed for attempting to meet a fictitious 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity. Jamil Rehman, 35, contacted an online profile purporting to be the
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Diagnoses of sexually-transmitted infections in England were down by almost a third last year, according to the latest figures. The drop is thought to be due to a combination of
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The Cabinet has backed Boris Johnson’s plans to reform health and social care funding, even though they are expected to involve a manifesto commitment-busting tax rise. The Prime Minister (pictured)
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The Government has faced calls to save families “from the pain” of paying medicinal cannabis prescription costs. Medicinal cannabis was legalised in November 2018 after the then home secretary Sajid
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A couple’s baby was delivered stillborn two days after the mother had been sent home from hospital despite her reporting a loss of fluid and reduced movement in the womb.
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Clearing the NHS backlog could cost almost £17 billion, an independent health charity has said. The Health Foundation said coronavirus “will cast a long shadow over the NHS for many
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