More than half of parents whose children have speech, language or communication problems have to wait longer than six months for help, a survey suggests. A YouGov poll of more
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A record number of people are working for the NHS in Scotland but the number of vacancies for doctors, nurses and midwives have prompted claims of a “workforce crisis”. NHS
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Adult social services will face a £1 billion funding gap despite council tax rises, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. Extra money raised by local authorities will “do little”
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The European Court of Human Rights is to raise abortion for women from Northern Ireland with the UK Government, lawyers said. A termination is only permitted in Northern Ireland if
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No sufficient evidence of police misconduct has been found in almost all of the operations into alleged child sex abuse linked to Westminster, an inquiry has heard. The police watchdog
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This report contains information on 112,200 jobs for people employed (directly and indirectly) by local authority adult social services departments in England as at September 2018. The report will be
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More than a quarter of youngsters in need of specialist mental health care were not seen within the Scottish Government’s target time – with more than 100 waiting over a
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Almost half of university students use alcohol and recreational drugs to cope with problems in their life, a survey suggests. The poll of 37,654 people highlights the “alarming” levels of
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A London hospital patient is the second person in the world to be cleared of the Aids virus, doctors have said. The male patient has achieved “sustained remission” from HIV
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A 17-year-old youth has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a university lecturer who was allegedly killed with a hammer, knife and electric drill. Dr Barry Hounsome (pictured) died
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