Charities that provide public services are increasingly reluctant to speak out against social injustice because they fear they will lose their funding, says report
Everybody should be advised to take at least two alcohol-free days a week, say MPs, who urge in a report that safe drinking guidelines should be revised because they are confusing
British people welcome cultural changes brought about by immigration, regard rising prices as the biggest threat to the country's wellbeing in 2012, and believe the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations will lift the nation's spirits more than the Olympics, reveals a wide-ranging poll on attitudes
Britain is struggling to shrug off the credit crisis; overworked parents are stricken with guilt about barely seeing their offspring; carbon dioxide is belching into the atmosphere from our power-hungry offices and homes. In London on Wednesday, experts will gather to offer a novel solution to all of these problems at once: a shorter working week
Nurses will perform hourly rounds, every ward will have a matron and the public will be able to inspect hospitals in an attempt to drive out poor care and keep patients happy, the prime minister has announced
In the final round-up of the week: nurses, the village that said 'no' to austerity, health and social care integration, welfare reform, blogging patients, charity strike ballot, B&Bs
MPs should consider changing the law on assisted suicide to allow some terminally ill people to end their lives at home with the help of their doctor, a major report into the subject has concluded
In today's bulletin: health and social care integration, charity's special film screening, town's digital first, and the homeless woman who became a social media celebrity - and found a home
Six out of every 10 nurses who visit patients in their own homes have been verbally abused during their work in the past two years and 11% have been assaulted, survey reveals
David Cameron has ordered health and social care services to be brought together in order to benefit patients in a move which government advisers are calling the NHS's most urgent overhaul
In today's bulletin: welfare reform, fuel poverty, payday loans, Cornish devolution, Vinnie Jones, Charles Dickens and the kindergarten that holds classes and an old people's home