Clues that prisoners may take their own lives are too often missed, a watchdog has warned. Known factors indicating a heightened risk – such as a history of suicidal behaviour
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One million more people a year with mental health problems will receive treatment in England by 2021, the NHS has pledged. The move comes after a new report found only
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Two retired social workers responsible for a sadistic “regime of terror” at a children’s home during the 1980s have been handed lengthy jail terms. Alan Todd – who sexually abused
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A total of 86 courthouses across England and Wales are to be closed as part of a £700 million revamp to modernise the justice system. Justice minister Shailesh Vara said
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Nearly a third of female rape victims are girls aged under 16, new figures indicate. The findings emerged as the first detailed breakdown of the age and gender of victims
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Several NHS chief executives who apparently put their names to a key letter used by Jeremy Hunt to justify imposing new contracts on junior doctors have withdrawn their support for
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Prison suicides are costing the taxpayer up to £300 million a year, according to estimates by a penal reform charity. Growing inmate numbers, overcrowding and staff cuts have fuelled a
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A new study has been published by Natural England which reviews the benefits and outcomes of approaches to green care for mental ill-health. ‘A review of nature-based interventions for mental
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Agencies which supply workers to the NHS say they are struggling to fill shifts since a spending cap was introduced by the Government. A survey by the Recruitment and Employment
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The Government is “devolving the blame for their cuts” through changes to the local government funding settlement, Labour has claimed. Shadow communities and local government minister Steve Reed (pictured) argued
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