Day: May 13, 2018

    Many aspiring first-time buyers may be looking to make their first home their forever home, by holding out for a family-sized house rather than starting off with a smaller property, research suggests. Nearly a third (32%) of people are aiming to dig their heels in for a detached home when they purchase their first property, Yorkshire Building Society found. And nearly half (49%) would consider a semi-detached house in their property search. But less than a quarter (24%) of aspiring first-time buyers said they would be happy to end up with a studio or flat, the survey of more than 900 people expecting to buy in the next 12 months found. Traditionally, people may have aimed for a larger family-sized home following several moves up the property ladder. But with many...

    Cancer sufferers are being put at risk and care for patients undergoing surgery is severely compromised as a result of constant staff shortages on wards, according to devastating first-hand testimony from inside the NHS. An astonishing dossier of concerns raised by nurses about the impact of staffing levels on patients reveals that nurses with the right skills are often in short supply, full staffing levels are becoming a rare event, and some emergency patients are being sent home as a result. The testimony, compiled from 18,000 anonymous submissions from hospital nurses and shared with the Observer, states that some nurses are being asked to complete procedures beyond their expertise, while many vulnerable patients are not being given the emotional support they nee...