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The King’s Fund charity has called for a shift in how cash is spent to drive care into the community.

A recent BBC investigation questioned the accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) self-tests – rapid at-home tests for men worried about prostate cancer. The BBC analysed five of these tests using one blood sample and found varying results: one positive, three negative, and one unreadable.

Shoplifting has soared to such “epidemic” levels with reports of 17,000 incidents-a-day while attacks on shopkeepers are up by 50 per cent. Reports of violence against women and girls have surged so alarmingly in the last few years that the police declared it a “national emergency”.

Senior civil servant who was appointed director of the Office for Population Censuses and Surveys in 1986

It is first time in three weeks there has not been a small decrease in norovirus patients.

The drop comes despite warnings of a deepening mental health crisis

The decision was confirmed in a written ministerial statement by the Health Secretary on Thursday.

The TikToker said she had not gotten out of her seat for most of her long-haul flight when she collapsed and fell unconscious

Cambridge study finds algorithm is as effective as a pathologist in detecting disease – and much quicker

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: The chancellor’s spring statement sparked fierce criticism from readers, who accused her of reviving austerity by targeting the poor while failing to prioritise improving living standards, tax reform, and sustainable economic growth

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