Society

Michael Rosen writes poem in tribute to NHS nurses after Covid recovery

Children’s author who spent 48 days in hospital with virus calls NHS ‘a brilliant and wonderful invention’

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

01, Dec, 2022 @4:03 PM

Helen Davis obituary

Other lives: Pioneer of the UK’s modern psychotherapy profession who, in the 1970s, co-founded the first integrative training centre

Aeron Davis

01, Dec, 2022 @2:26 PM

‘It’s absolute hell’: a paramedic in England on why he backs strike

Joshua describes the pressures of the job and feeling poorly treated and underpaid

Interview by Clea Skopeliti

01, Dec, 2022 @1:40 PM

Emergency care issues in England contributed to 200 deaths last week, says medical chief

Head of Royal College of Emergency Medicine says lengthy waits forcing ambulances to be ‘wards on wheels’

Emily Dugan

01, Dec, 2022 @9:36 AM

Ambulance waiting times in England three times longer in some rural areas

Disparity between rural and urban areas uncovered by Lib Dem FoI requests to 10 ambulance trusts

Peter Walker Political correspondent

01, Dec, 2022 @8:54 AM

Domestic abuse victims report violence to police several times before action

Report finds women from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales disproportionately dismissed

Diane Taylor

01, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

MoJ requests urgent use of 400 police cells for male prisoners

Prisons minister writes to police chiefs to establish Operation Safeguard due to lack of space in men’s prisons

Aletha Adu and Rajeev Syal

30, Nov, 2022 @7:30 PM

Thurrock council ignored bankruptcy warnings and took ‘unprecedented risks’

Documents show Thurrock failed to act despite being cautioned about scale and risky nature of investments

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

30, Nov, 2022 @6:59 PM

‘We want action’: bereaved families launch Killed Women campaign

Campaigners hope collective voice will force change in Britain, where a woman is killed by a man every three days

Alexandra Topping

30, Nov, 2022 @6:30 PM

A full exploration of the rise in gender-questioning girls is much needed | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to an article on the huge rise in the number of adolescent biological girls seeking referrals to gender clinics in recent years. Plus, the gender-neutral pronoun ‘per’

30, Nov, 2022 @5:42 PM

Housing hazards that cost the NHS £1.4bn a year and can be deadly | Letter

Letter: There has not been enough investment in ensuring that homes do not threaten the health or life of occupiers, write Prof David Ormandy and Dr Stephen Battersby

30, Nov, 2022 @5:41 PM

Care crisis left my brother relying on the kindness of friends and volunteers | Letters

Letter: Shelagh Young writes about her brother being left without care, and says that trying to hold local councils or the NHS to account feels futile