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CARE

January 2, 2021

Year of unparalleled pressure leaves exhausted doctors on the brink, says BMA

The Chancellor must deliver on his promise to "give the NHS whatever it needs", said the BMA council chair in his New Year message.
October 16, 2020

LGA calls for reversal of cuts to early intervention funding for children’s services

Government has reduced the Early Intervention Grant by almost two-thirds, from £2.8 billion in 2010/11 to £1.1 billion in 2018/19.
October 8, 2020

Research finds socioeconomic inequalities in use of English NHS outpatient care emerged after 2010

Before 2010, there were no statistically significant differences across education groups.
July 15, 2020

Disabled woman given permission for legal challenge to care charging policy

Solicitirs say the charging policy discriminates against severely disabled people who are not in work.
July 1, 2020

Suicide prevention charity launches pioneering online care service

A leading suicide prevention charity has launched a digital service to provide online care plans for young people across the UK
April 5, 2020

Statement on Covid 19 and the rights of disabled people

Disabled people say existing health conditions or impairments that are unrelated to a chance of benefiting from treatment must not play a part in decision-making regarding their equal right to access such treatment.
February 22, 2020

Royal College of GPs remains opposed to change in the law on assisted dying

The Royal College of General Practitioners will continue to oppose a change in the law on assisted dying, following a consultation of its members.
February 19, 2020

Young Offender Institution 'insufficiently good' in all four healthy prison tests

Cookham Wood Young Offenders' Institution in Kent holds up to 188 boys aged between 15 and 18.
December 7, 2019

Risks facing children in care must be addressed, says Children's Society

There has been a huge increase in the number of young people being placed in semi-independent unregulated placements, says the Children's Society.
October 30, 2019

World Medical Association reaffirms opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

After an intensive process of consultation with physicians and non physicians around the world, the WMA has adopted a revised Declaration on Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide.