Thousands more homes which can meet the needs of older people will be needed in the coming years to prevent bed-blocking bottlenecks in the NHS growing worse, the National Housing
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“Alarming” numbers of children are being exposed to self-harm images online which could encourage them to hurt themselves, charities have warned. More than half of children aged 11-14 who viewed
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Plans to devolve £6 billion a year of health spending to Greater Manchester will lead to closer integration between the NHS and social care and improve results for patients, George
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MPs have warned of a potential “significant increase” in pressure on adult social care as a result of switching the focus of a key Government scheme to slashing NHS costs.
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There is clear evidence that senior staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital knew about the abuse of young patients at the hands of Jimmy Savile, a lawyer representing many of his
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A nationwide online and telephone service that helps people to take part in dementia research studies has been launched this week. ‘Join Dementia Research’ promises to accelerate the pace of
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The Government’s flagship Universal Credit has come under fresh attack after MPs said “very little progress” had been achieved even though £700 million has been spent on the scheme since
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The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three people. The first baby conceived after mitochondrial donation techniques
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A diagnosis of depression increases the risk of committing violent crime three-fold, research has shown. The study of nearly 50,000 people in Sweden found that 3.7% of men and 0.5%
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The UK has been heavily criticised for its “worrying assault on civil liberties” in Amnesty’s flagship annual report on human rights across the world. The human rights organisation hits out
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