‘Exploitative’ children’s home profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.
Health
Nurse said she would have drowned patient at birth
Kathleen Alexandra Warmington is struck off for making "inappropriate comments".
Gynaecology waiting lists double, leaving women in pain
Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.
How Dame Deborah James helped save a mum’s life
A mother-of-three shared her story with Dame Deborah's mother Heather on BBC Breakfast.
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked NHS bed request
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard says the decision, in July 2020, was very disappointing.
US reports first case of emerging mpox strain
A person in California has tested positive for the emerging strain, which can cause a more serious illness.
Ed Davey ‘minded’ to vote against assisted dying bill
Sir Ed fears elderly and disabled people might feel pressured to end their lives if they felt like a "burden”.
‘It should be my choice not to suffer’
A woman with terminal cancer is calling on the government to "urgently" reform assisted dying laws.
What is assisted dying and how could the law change?
A proposed law would give terminally ill people the right to choose to end their life.
