Sexually transmitted infections in pensioners have increased by more than 40% in the past four years, according to an investigation. Figures obtained by BBC Inside Out West found more people
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The NHS should fund hospice care to end the “postcode lottery” in end-of-life support, ministers have been urged. Independent crossbench peer Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (pictured), a doctor and professor
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There is a direct link between urinary incontinence in older women and sitting down too long, a study has found. Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) worked in partnership with
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The End follows a family of three generations trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live with none and make it count. Georgia Humphreys asks star Dame Harriet
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Hospital bosses took too long to ask for a court decision on how a mentally-ill pensioner suffering from skin cancer should be treated, a judge has suggested. Mr Justice Hayden
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An NHS manager wrote that the mental health trust he works for “may have been saved” by the death of Monty Python star Terry Jones (pictured), suggesting this reduced media
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Rapid response teams will be rolled out to treat older people in their communities in a bid to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, the NHS said. NHS England is putting £14
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Emergency hospital admissions for people with dementia have risen by more than a third in five years, research by a charity shows. More than 379,000 emergency admissions in England for
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An elderly man with dementia, who stopped eating after being accused of historic child sex abuse, is at the centre of litigation in a specialist court. A judge may have
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The health watchdog has ordered dozens of care and nursing homes to be re-inspected after duplicate comments were found in scores of inspection reports. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said
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