Scheme to provide free medical grade heroin to end due to lack of funding
A scheme to give free medical grade heroin to addicts in the town with the worst drugs death rates in the UK is ending due to a lack of funding.
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Social worker repeatedly stabbed as he attended children’s welfare check, court told
A social worker was repeatedly stabbed by a man armed with two pocket knives as he attempted to carry out welfare checks on three children, a court has heard. Themba
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Patients cutting back on medicine, food and heating due to soaring costs – charities warn
Health charities have warned that the cost-of-living crisis is leading to patients cutting back on medicine, heating and food. Half of the 3,600 people with lung conditions such as asthma,
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NHS trust has ‘not covered itself in glory’, inquest into vulnerable woman’s death told
An NHS trust has “not covered itself in glory” in its dealings with the family of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital, a
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Catalogue of local authority failings contributed to death of teenager, coroner finds
A catalogue of failings by a local authority contributed to the death of a vulnerable teenager, a coroner has found. Jade Hutchings (pictured), 18, attempted to take his own life
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Police investigating claims staff mistreated patients at mental health unit in Manchester
Police have opened an investigation into allegations staff mistreated patients at a mental health unit. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the probe comes following a period of undercover filming at
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Psychiatrist tells inquest he was not asked to intervene in vulnerable woman’s care
A consultant psychiatrist has told an inquest into the death of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital that he was not asked to
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Serious child safeguarding concerns remain at Bradford and Solihull councils, MPs warn
The council leadership in two areas where vulnerable children were murdered need to be held to account about their failings, ministers have been told. A cross-party group of MPs has
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Reeves: I’ll reverse abolition of 45% income tax rate to fund NHS staffing surge
A Labour government would fund a surge in NHS staffing by reversing tax cuts for the highest earners in Britain, according to Rachel Reeves. The shadow chancellor said the party
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Fresh inquest starts into death of young woman refused hospital admission
A new inquest will examine whether there was a “further missed opportunity” to prevent the death of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital,
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