Hope for deafness gene therapy cure within five years
A gene therapy cure for inherited deafness has been successfully tested and could be offered to patients in under five years. Researchers restored the hearing of deaf mice by injecting
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Quarter of young people have experienced ‘unsafe’ homelessness, study
A new study finds the numbers of young people being accommodated by local authorities or homeless services across the UK to be over three times higher than those recorded by
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Universities collaborate to research medication errors in care homes
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been awarded a £2 million grant from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) for a five-year research programme into medicines
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Danczuk speaks of personal cost of campaigning for child abuse victims
Labour MP Simon Danczuk has spoken of the personal cost of his battle to expose child sex abuse, saying it left him depressed and helped wreck his marriage. The backbencher
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‘Significant public health concern’ over pregnancy alcohol levels
Alcohol use during pregnancy is “prevalent and socially pervasive” in the UK and Ireland, health experts have warned after carrying out a large scale study. Women across all socio-demographic groups
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£2bn cut from vulnerable children’s funding in last five years
Nearly £2 billion was cut from funding to help vulnerable children keep their lives on track in the last five years, according to leading charities. Drug and alcohol support along
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Osborne warned on further social care cuts as 1 million elderly ‘stranded’
More than a million older people are struggling to cope with basic tasks such as getting out of bed, washing and dressing with no help, a charity has warned, as
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‘Endemic and deeply worrying lack of support’ as GP’s slam dementia care
GPs believe dementia patients are being failed by health and social care services, with many saying they do not feel they have had sufficient training to deal with people with
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Children at risk over lack of public knowledge of private fostering
A Survation poll commissioned by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) reveals that 91% of the UK adult population don’t know what private fostering is. BAAF and ECPAT
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New healthcare innovations set to be rolled out
Seventeen healthcare pioneers are due to find out that their inventions are to be rolled out to patients, hospitals and GP practices across England. A smartphone heart monitor, a tool
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