All news by author: Nicola Small

The Lib Dems discovered that in the last four years health visitor numbers in England have been cut by 21% – from 6,931 to 5,473. MP Sarah Olney is calling for 'urgent action'

Nearly 200 flood alerts and warnings remained in place, but Guy Fawkes Night revellers can hope to stay dry with no Met Office rain warnings for the first time in days

HC-One owns more than 275 care homes, where union bosses say 40% of staff are considering leaving because they don’t earn enough to live, with lowest-paid earning £10.47 an hour

A 13-year-old boy was told to leave a privately-run children’s home for being disruptive and was sent 198 miles away from his family to live in a static caravan park

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey, who lost both his cancers to cancer when he was young, said it is 'a scandal' that so many patients are waiting months to start treatment

The National Day Nurseries Association blamed a lack of funding as a whopping 216 nurseries in England had to shut in the 12 months to September, up from 144 in 2021/22

Kids as young as four-years-old are bringing dangerous weapons like kitchen knives and scissors to school as activists warn of a 'spreading cancer' that police and teachers can't stop

Researchers at the University of Warwick were looking for ways to solve the labour shortage after The National Farmers' Union found two in five farmers have lost crops because there was no one to pick them

A health inspectors’ report found failings in the leadership at the trust where Alison Kelly went on to work after quitting her post at the Chester hospital in 2021

Researchers found medication that controls blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes can also help patients with certain auto-immune diseases such as Lupus and arthritis

The Wembley hat-trick hero has given a go-for-it personal message of support to the women’s team ahead of their bid to lift the trophy against Spain in the World Cup Final

Jessica Hodgkinson, 26, had a cardiac arrest seconds after her daughter Phoebe was born, but she never even had the chance to hold her little girl, which her family says could have been prevented but she was failed by staff at Chesterfield Hospital in Bristol

Oleg Ignatov is the senior Russia analyst at the International Crisis Group, an independent organisation that works to prevent wars

Veterans who undertook a year-long comedy course, sponsored by the NHS and aimed at helping them to express themselves, are now preparing to perform to an audience in London.

Tony Hudgell was the son of birth parents Jody Simpson and Tony Smith, who inflicted such severe injuries on him - when he was just six weeks old - that his legs eventually had to be amputated

The worried community in Barnet, North London, worked together to provide the Canada geese a paddling pool in which to swim following the loss of the lake they usually visit

In March, 8,549 doctor vacancies in secondary care were reported in England, as data shows 13,400 UK-trained doctors practised abroad in 2020, where they get higher pay or a better work-life balance

Colin Stagg admits getting his £706,000 compensation by the Home Office to 'rebuild his life' felt 'a bit like winning the lottery' and he splashed out his money on cars, holidays and gifts

Unions have hit out after £39m was splurged on public information campaigns, including one aimed at recruiting school and college staff - enough to pay 1,500 teachers

Port, 48, killed four young gay men but despite obvious similarities the Met Police failed to spot a connection, or even realise they were murdered

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

Orson Grimer is thriving at school after his parents saved up nearly £14,000 for a two-year Auditory Verbal therapy course - but this is not available to thousand of other deaf children

Researchers believe silk from spiders could be used to bridge gaps between nerves in humans, particularly helpful for patients who have had to have nerves affected by cancer removed

The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, come as ministers are urged to rethink a move to scrap mental health support funding for NHS workers

A Freedom of Information request has revealed just 3.5% of the Home Office fleet is electric despite a 2021 pledge for a zero-emission fleet by 2027 - just years away