Psychiatric patients accounted for 12% of convictions for unlawful killing in England and Wales between 2003 and 2005, a study has found. People with mental health problems were also two
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Leeds health and social care provider, Westward Care is building new independent living apartments alongside its newly refurbished care facility at Southlands in Roundhay, Leeds as part of a £3.2
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For more than two years, Knowsley MBC did not follow proper planning, review and assessment processes for a young man living in supported accommodation, a Local Government Ombudsman investigation has
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The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has today set out a series of steps to guarantee greater openness and reassurance to the public, stricter controls over data use
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The human rights of a 63-year-old terminally-ill hospital patient were violated because she was not consulted before a “do not resuscitate” (DNR) was placed on her records, the Court of
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The Court of Appeal is ruling today on accusations that the Government and health chiefs are failing to tackle widespread confusion and uncertainty over the imposition of “do not resuscitate”
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People in the UK are grossly misinformed about breast cancer survival and fail to realise how poor it is compared with other countries, according to a leading charity. Only a
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The public hearings into allegations of historical abuse in Jersey will begin on 22nd July. It is expected the first witnesses will provide expert information on the background and context
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Devon County Council says closing care homes is the ‘only way’ the authority could plug a £200million Government funding gap. Twenty Devon County Council care homes are set to close
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More than 200 new jobs will be created in Nottinghamshire boroughs, Mansfield, Ashfield and Sherwood after a care firm won a contract to look after 900 older people in the
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