Prescriptions charges in England should be reviewed as thousands of people are not collecting medicines because of cost, Citizens Advice has said. It follows a poll of 880 people which found 2% were put off by the price - a total of 800,000 if the proportion were repeated across the whole of England.
Commenting on today's announcement from the Department of Work and Pensions that it is to cut up to 12,000 jobs over the next three years, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander said:
Commenting on today's Government announcement that private firms and voluntary groups will be given a bigger role in helping the unemployed back to work, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Danny Alexander said:
New generation anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for most patients, research suggests. A University of Hull team concluded the drugs actively help only a small group of the most severely depressed.
Deaf and speech-impaired people are to be able to text the emergency services for help under a new initiative.
A disabled man suffered a cut to his face when he was attacked in an unprovoked street assault.
