The coronavirus inquiry will be conducted “as speedily as possible” so lessons can be learned before another pandemic strikes, the chairwoman of the probe has pledged. Baroness Heather Hallett (pictured)
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The police watchdog is investigating after a man died during an arrest at a care home in Cornwall. The 35-year-old man was detained after entering the Tregolls Manor care home
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Delays to building secure schools are leaving vulnerable young people, especially girls, in unsafe conditions, according to a new report from MPs. The report found that delays in building secure
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A man who lost his grandmother to coronavirus has said free testing and other measures should never have been axed, as he reflected on the “absolutely heart-rending and tragic” milestone
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Families who lost loved ones to coronavirus and were “ripped apart” by Boris Johnson’s actions will not be able to move on following his resignation, a campaign group said. The
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Mental health reforms must go further to address the “scandal” of vulnerable people being “effectively incarcerated” in secure institutions, a former health secretary has urged. Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt (pictured)
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Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes have jumped for the third week in a row while hospital numbers are continuing to rise, in further evidence the virus is once again becoming
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Since the post-COVID reopening of the economy, staffing shortages in the care sector in England have been of increasing concern. In October 2021, British charity Skills for Care warned that,
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Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes are rising while hospital admissions among the very elderly are showing early signs of an increase, new figures suggest. The number of suspected outbreaks of
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The inquests into the deaths of two care home residents involved in a boating accident have been opened. Alex Wood, 43, and Alison Tilsley, 63 (pictured), died on Roadford Lake,
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