A man has been charged with murdering a nurse who performed on Britain’s Got Talent in an NHS choir. Desmond Sylva, 40, was charged on Thursday over the death of
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Nursing has been left in “managed decline” due to decisions over funding, it has been warned, as figures show a further drop in student numbers. The number of nursing students
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The loss of learning disability specialists could lead to a return to Victorian-style care, leading nurses have warned. The number of learning disability nurses in England dropped by 40% from
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An average of 1,000 baby boxes per week have been delivered to parents of newborns in the first year of the programme. The Scottish Government said 52,065 baby boxes have
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A campaign group’s legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s move to allow pregnant women to take abortion-inducing medication at home has been rejected by a judge. The Society for the
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The Government has been urged to address the “untenable” staffing shortage in the NHS, as figures reveal some trusts are relying on agency staff for months on end. At least
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A NHS nurse who set himself alight after losing his job over a disciplinary matter was “treated unfairly”, an independent report has found. Amin Abdullah, 41, died on February 9,
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A midwife was found in a shallow grave, wrapped in a duvet cover and with tape around her eyes and face, a court has heard. The body of Samantha Eastwood,
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A fundraising appeal launched to help pay for the funeral of a much-loved hospital midwife has reached its £10,000 target. The body of Samantha Eastwood was found in a rural
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A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of midwife Samantha Eastwood. Michael Stirling was charged after the 28-year-old’s body was found in a rural area near Caverswall,
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