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A cancer charity has criticised NHS England for failing to fund a pioneering targeted radiotherapy treatment for patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) in the liver. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) approved selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for use in the NHS in May last year. Until the decision, SIRT was only available to patients whose liver cancer had developed in the organ directly or spread to […]

The average price of a pint of beer is set to surge past £5 for the first time due to cost hikes hitting the sector next month, according to industry bosses. Pub sector chiefs have warned that prices for customers will have to increase in order to help keep venues running in the face of higher labour costs. The British Beer and Pub Association said the average cost of a […]

One in 10 parents living in poverty told how their child had been bullied as a result, according to a survey said to show the “devastating impact” financial struggles can have on families. Polling of 2,000 UK parents of school-aged children living on the lowest incomes found they spend on average £2,000 a year on school costs, with almost a quarter of adults reporting getting into debt to cover outgoings […]