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It shaped my understanding of grief, resilience and the importance of conversation. More recently, training and practising as a counsellor, and serving as a trustee of Maytree, a sanctuary for people experiencing…
The two organisations say there is growing concern that people are being encouraged to believe they can acquire the knowledge, practical skills and occupational competence required of a qualified electrician after only a…
The 70-year-old was meant to be operated on within weeks but ended up waiting nearly five months, by which time the cancer had spread, making his surgery more complex. "I was so frustrated and angry and couldn't…
The NHS faced the busiest summer in its history this year, with A&E attendances in June, July and August topping 7.2m (7,268,445), the highest ever total for the summer period, and more than 240,000 more attendances than…
Learners studying the T Level in Media Production have benefited from industry placement opportunities with the company, gaining valuable workplace experience while developing skills in a business that supports clients…
Teachers were awarded a 3.5% pay rise this year, but schools have been required to fund the first 1% from existing budgets. Affinity says the pressures are reflected in what it is seeing across its own education…
As another academic year begins, I find myself wondering how much has really changed. We have lived through Brexit, George Floyd , Covid, political turbulence, war, the rise of polarisation and increasingly angry public…
He entered, he remembers, "the closed ward", where residents were locked inside. It illustrated perfectly, he thought, "how we have lost the plot" when it comes to treating dementia. Teun – together with filmmaker…
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which regulates all medical devices and licenses treatment drugs in the UK, has published 44 recommendations to update its policies as the use of AI in the…
Pharmacists can already prescribe medication for seven conditions - sore throat, earache, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, infected bites and urinary tract infections. Five more - migraines, acne, scabies, ear infections…