A range of experts from palliative care, engineering, design, social sciences and public health are coming together to take a radical look at end of life care and tackle one
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Urgent action is needed to strengthen the system that registers people who work with children, according to a parliamentary report. Holyrood’s Sport Committee has warned the Protection of Vulnerable Groups
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Growing numbers of women in England are experiencing ‘hidden homelessness’ – living in precarious arrangements without privacy or their own legal living space – according to new research. Women’s homelessness
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More than one in five adults across England have suffered mental health problems due to a housing problem in the last five years, according to a report from Shelter. Some
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The Duke of Cambridge has teamed up with pop superstar Lady Gaga to encourage people to open up about their feelings and bring an end to the “shame” of talking
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One in 10 mental health patients discharged from hospital after suffering a crisis has to wait more than a week for a follow-up appointment, according to new figures. The data,
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HSBC has outlined plans to become a more “dementia-friendly” bank with a range of initiatives. A guide to help customers living with the condition and those who support them is
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Old people are being forced to live in unsatisfactory care homes in some parts of the country, according to new analysis. One in three care homes in the North West
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A nurse has told an inquest into the deaths of three elderly care home residents how she confronted the manager after she found one of them sitting in his own
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A campaign against the “indignity” of care visits limited to 15 minutes is being stepped up in a new video showing a stressed worker with a stopwatch. Unison said the
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