Social care improvement 'slows'
For the first time since star ratings were introduced, no council in England has been zero-star-rated for adult social services this year.
30 Nov 2006
For the first time since star ratings were introduced, no council in England has been zero-star-rated for adult social services this year.
A Cornwall MP is calling for a rethink of a council panel's decision to stop free transport for a pupil whose blind mother cannot drive her to school. Ann-Marie Storer said her daughter would have be home-schooled without free travel to her choice of school. The council said parents were responsible for all transport costs if they attend schools not designated for their home address.
Paying for the cancer drug Herceptin means treatment for other cancer patients will have to be dropped to "balance the books", doctors warn. The Norwich team says the body which recommends drugs for the NHS should change the way it works.
Parking permits for disabled people, worth £50,000 on the black market, have been found dumped in Derby.
A doctor accused of misdiagnosing hundreds of children with epilepsy has lost a legal challenge after his work was labelled "seriously deficient".
Scientists have discovered how heart disease or a stroke may trigger Alzheimer's disease. Both conditions lead to a reduction of oxygen flow to the brain.