Nurse shortages, and the cost of plugging yawning gaps in staff rotas, have rightly leapt to public attention. But where are shortages worst? Neonatal wards? A&E? Mental health? No its care homes.
As the devastating disease took over my father, I struggled to salvage a loving relationship, before finding a new way to enter his world with crosswords, Shakespeare and humour.
A judge ruled that the youngster should be taken into care after hearing that he was surrounded by a visible cloud of smoke at his home and was suffering from breathing difficulties.
A group of experts have advised that people working in office environments stand for at least 2 hours a day during working hours, as part of a number of recommendations to protect those engaged with typically sedentary forms of work.
The Scottish ex-MP was found dead in his Highland home in Fort William yesterday and police are not treating it as suspicious, although the cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
Almost three-quarters of adults support proposals to legalise assisted suicide in principle, according to a new poll published ahead of a vote on legislation next week.
His only child Tarek El-Sharif, 58, revealed that his father has been struggling with the disease for the past three years.
The NHS probe follows concerns raised by theatre staff who witnessed the procedure and reported it to senior management.
Pharmacists who prescribe the wrong medicines by mistake would be immune from prosecution even if the patient died, under plans being considered by the Department of Health.
When someone close to you is terminally ill it’s difficult enough without having to deal with poor care from the hospital as well.
