National charity 4Children is challenging all political parties to embrace a step change in ambition for children and families by committing to overhaul its services in every aspect of family
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A Cancer Research UK analysis out today reveals that 46 per cent of cancers in England are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when they are harder to treat successfully. The
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Rotherham’s director of children’s services has resigned in the wake of the report which detailed how at least 1,400 children had been subjected to sexual abuse in the town. Joyce
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Children should receive compulsory relationship lessons in order to prevent violence against women, Yvette Cooper has said, in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal. The shadow home secretary suggested
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There have been fresh calls for Rotherham’s director of children’s services to step down after it emerged she is absent on sick leave. Joyce Thacker has been at the centre
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Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman as they launch a murder inquiry into the death of a 96-year-old woman at a care home. Ethel Baldwin died at the Abbey House
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Too many people diagnosed with anxiety or depression face “unacceptably long waits” for therapy, a charity has warned. Mind has called for more investment in mental health after new figures
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Too many people who use NHS community mental health services are not involved effectively in planning their care and do not know who to contact in a crisis. Following a
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Areas of the North West and North East of England have the highest rate of emergency hospital admissions for alcohol-related liver disease in the country, new figures show. The Health
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Health officials should run an “it’s never too late” campaign to make the public aware of lifestyle changes they could make to help stave off dementia, a new report suggests.
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