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Calls to include menopause support in cancer care

Menopause and CancerMenopause and Cancer is a charity that supports people who are managing menopause following cancer treatmentCampaigners are calling…

11 months ago

Cost of children’s homes doubles but care can be poor

Alison HoltSocial affairs editor andJames Melley and Judith BurnsBBCThe cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly…

11 months ago

More weight-loss drugs offered in type 2 diabetes care shake-up

Philippa RoxbyHealth reporterGetty ImagesTreatment for millions of people with type 2 diabetes should be more personalised, with greater access to…

12 months ago

Why a dockside health clinic could be the future of NHS care

BBCTom Parker, 37, broke his leg in a fishing accident three miles off the Devon coastTom Parker was working alone…

12 months ago

‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin America

The workers we don’t pay or see are grandmothers, mothers, daughters — the women who take care of children, look…

1 year ago

Covid care home policy was ‘least worst decision’

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in…

1 year ago

Covid inquiry hears of ‘generational slaughter’ in care homes

James MelleySocial Affairs ProducerGetty ImagesNicky Hastie, holding an image of her mother, attended the inquiry in person on Monday A…

1 year ago

National investigation into maternity care announced

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in…

1 year ago

Struggling care providers say overseas worker crackdown ‘short-sighted’

Alison HoltSocial affairs editorGetty ImagesCare providers have said the government is taking away the "lifeline" of overseas recruitment without fixing…

1 year ago

Doing nothing on social care is untenable, MPs warn

A failure to fix England's social care system is costing the country in financial and human terms, cross-party MPs have…

1 year ago