Albania tries to halt flight of young doctors
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Seeking to stem the flight of its young doctors, Albania has brought in a law to make recent medical graduates work in…
Right Care Right Person: Why the Met will no longer respond to health emergencies
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Concerns had been raised about a vulnerable cancer patient suffering from depression who had missed two important hospital appointments, and the police…
Indonesian court jails CEO, three others, over deadly cough syrup
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An Indonesian court sentenced to jail on Wednesday the chief executive and three other officials of a company whose cough syrup has…
Pakistan to start expelling undocumented immigrants on Thursday - minister
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pakistan will start rounding up and expelling undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of people from neighbouring Afghanistan, on Thursday, Read More
Sky and TalkTalk block suicide website linked to 50 deaths
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A leading UK broadband provider has blocked access for its 5.7 million users to a website promoting suicide. Read More
Pregnant women in Gaza say they are being forced to have c-sections by torchlight with no anaesthetic as bombardment continues
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pregnant women in Gaza are reportedly having to undergo c-section deliveries by torchlight and without anaesthetic in the beleaguered Strip as Israel’s…
Nearly All Persons Living With HIV in Nigeria Are on Treatment, Says Expert
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria has made significant progress in the control of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with nearly 2 million people living with…
Pro-Palestinian activists stage sit-in at London’s Liverpool Street station
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A group of pro-Palestinian activists staged a sit-in at Liverpool Street station in London in protest at the Israel-Hamas conflict. Read More
Temporary accommodation spending 'threatening to overwhelm council budgets'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A total of 96% of District Councils Network (DCN) members reported an increase in the use of temporary accommodation, with four-fifths…
Senior officer behind Met drug strategy sacked over refusal to take drugs test
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A senior Metropolitan police commander who wrote the force’s drug strategy has been sacked after he was found guilty of gross misconduct…