Clapping for the NHS during the pandemic may have been “dangerous” because “no organisation can be a national religion”, the health service ombudsman has said. Rebecca Hilsenrath, the Parliamentary and
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Children risk being misdiagnosed for dyslexia as professionals believe common myths about the learning difficulty, researchers have warned. There is “significant variability” in the methods used by professionals for identifying
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A nurse has been charged after a 19-year-old patient died at a mental health facility. Sylvia Quaye-Mensah, 41, a nurse at Highbury Hospital in Nottingham, has been charged with misconduct
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Most professionals working with children feel there are not enough services available to support those experiencing neglect in England, according to a survey. The NSPCC said 83% of those working
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Up to 18 new clinical trial hubs will open across the UK as part of a £400 million public-private investment aimed at fast-tracking new medicines. Experts said the move will
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TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp says that she does not think she would not have been reported to social services for letting her 15-year-old son go abroad if she had “been
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There are 100 spaces left in men’s prisons in England and Wales, it is understood. The system, already in the middle of an overcrowding crisis, is normally under greater pressure
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Sir Keir Starmer has defended stopping all pensioners receiving the winter fuel payment, amid warnings it could create a “public health emergency”. The Prime Minister used a speech in Downing
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The world’s oldest living man has turned 112 at his care home in Southport, Merseyside. John Tinniswood (pictured) was born in Liverpool on August 26 1912, the year the Titanic
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The Government has branded the NHS hospital discharge system “broken” as a survey revealed almost a fifth of care providers across the UK reported weeks-long waiting times for people to
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