Intentional self-poisoning or self-harm resulted in children being admitted to hospital 400 times per week last year, figures show. Mental health charity YoungMinds said the figures were “deeply concerning” and
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A minute’s silence is to be held to pay respect to the sacrifices made by health and social care workers on the second anniversary of coronavirus being declared a global
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The percentage of suspected dementia sufferers receiving a formal diagnosis has fallen to its lowest in England in five years, new figures suggest. NHS England guidance gives a target for
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Calls for greater stroke awareness have been made as fewer people are seeking urgent medical attention when they experience circulatory disease symptoms, Scotland’s leading stroke charity has claimed. Chest Heart
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Staff absences at NHS hospitals in England due to sickness or self-isolation have risen for the first time since the start of the year, new figures show. Three regions have
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Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said “it is only right” that victims of historical institutional abuse will receive a formal apology in Stormont. The apology will be given by five
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An ex-Radio One DJ who arranged to have sex with vulnerable children in the Philippines has been jailed for 12 years. Mark Page, who worked at the station in the
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Home Secretary Priti Patel has promised a streamlined online visa application system for Ukrainians seeking to flee the war with Russia in response to criticism of her approach to the
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Information about the impact of isolation on care home residents cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic was “strongly out of balance” with the evidence available on the
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Campaigners have accused the care minister of failing to listen after she attended the tail end of a meeting where families of care home residents shared the “soul-destroying” separation they
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