The Government is being urged to investigate the under-reporting of the deaths of children and adolescents in mental health units. Charity Inquest, which represents bereaved families, is demanding a statutory
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The NHS is spending millions of pounds a year on prescriptions for items that can be bought in high street pharmacies. Household brands such as Vaseline, Rennie, Strepsils, Benadryl and
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A mother has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years after being found guilty of murdering her toddler daughter Ayeeshia Jane Smith by stamping the child
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The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on authorities in France to speed up processing scores of lone child asylum seekers who may be eligible to come to the UK.
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Ten men who committed sexual offences against a teenage girl in Rochdale have been given jail sentences of up to 25 years. The complainant walked into a police station shortly
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Two police officers have been sacked over their treatment of a man with autism. Pcs Christopher Thomas and Christopher Pitts, who both worked for Bedfordshire Police, pursued and detained Faruk
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A mother has been found guilty of murder after stamping to death her “happy and smiley” 21-month-old toddler at the family home. Kathryn Smith, aged 23, was convicted of killing
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Almost half of people with mental health problems who have contemplated suicide said money, housing or benefits issues were to blame. A poll of 1,505 people who had used mental
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Paedophiles not convicted of any crime are being recruited for a new research project aiming to show that men at risk of sexually abusing children can be identified and treated
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Stark increases in GP workloads are “unsustainable”, researchers have said after a new study showed that family doctors are dealing with more consultations than ever before. Workloads in general practice
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