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Children are being left in limbo so long that they are at risk of harm, social workers warnLone child asylum seekers are facing fivefold increases in delays in having their claims processed by the Home Office, with devastating consequences, according t…
Development charity says patients denied treatment or held hostage until fees paid in private facilities in India and KenyaPrivate hospitals in India and Kenya accused of refusing people on low incomes vital healthcare, or holding them hostage until bi…
England footballer recalls childhood emergency housing as royal launches five-year UK schemeHomeless people are to be helped into permanent accommodation, regardless of their circumstances, as part of a five-year project to be run by Prince William’s f…
NHS pilot scheme to be rolled out nationwide in drive to save lives by detecting and treating cancer earlierEveryone who has ever smoked in England is to be offered lung screening in middle age under plans to detect and treat cancer earlier.Lung cancer…
With its 75th anniversary fast approaching, the UK health service is ‘not by any means where it should be’, thinktank concludesBritons’ earlier deaths linked to NHS underinvestment – studyWhat would the NHS see if it looked in a mirror, asks Siva Anand…
Rising interest rates expose widening generational gulf, with millennials facing large increases in monthly paymentsAvoid avocado toast. Ditch the flat white. And turn your back on the lure of Instagrammable holidays. Over the past decade, millennials …
‘Long ignored’ but crucial workers honoured in touring show marking 75 years of the health serviceThe untold stories of Filipino nurses and other migrant workers in Britain is celebrated in a new roving exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the NH…
Bold Girls Ken seek youth-led changes in curriculum to help children understand concept earlierEvery young person should know what consent looks and feels like, online and offline, according to a group of Perthshire teenagers who are pioneering a youth…
Chief secretary to the Treasury confirms some recommended rises could be blocked despite prospect of strikesThe government is prepared to block the pay rises that public sector review bodies recommend, a senior minister has confirmed, as unions threate…
BT says back-up platform now working so people should make emergency calls to police, ambulance and fire services as usualPolice forces, ambulance services, and fire and rescue teams across the UK urged people not to phone 999 for more than an hour on …