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Legal protection of abortion rights in England and Wales is fragile. Abortion has popular support and is readily available on the NHS, but has also generated a series of criminal investigations. Nicola Packer is one of the most recent abortion-seekers facing criminalisation rather than care. She was found innocent in…

Albanian Emiljano Kasaj, 34, will initially be treated for mental illness at a hospital after being handed a hospital order as part of his sentence.

Patients in England will be matched with studies and encouraged to take part via smartphone notifications

Eventually the app will automatically match patients with studies based on their own interests and health data.

The researchers say the study will be the first of its kind to examine prescription information comprehensively in the UK.

UK manufacturers across the sector are calling for more funding and ‘bold action’ to help drive further innovation in healthy eating.

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Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

Letters: Tony Wright says that the government must show people what it stands for; Michael Foster says it should fund local authorities properly; and Mike Scott raises the dire state of the NHS