A “major advance” could help doctors personalise treatment plans for people with multiple sclerosis, scientists say. Early MRI scans can predict how the condition will progress, and allow someone to
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Guildford MP, Anne Milton, has praised Surrey County Council social workers for their ‘passion and energy’ on a visit this week. The MP met staff working in the new Children’s
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More than four in 10 emergency hospital admissions from care homes could be avoided, experts have said. NHS researchers found that 41% of emergency admissions were for potentially avoidable conditions
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Boris Johnson’s pledge to fix the social care crisis has been welcomed by officials working in the sector. But they warned they wanted to see quick action after years of
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Unions representing 1.4 million workers in schools and councils have submitted a 10% pay claim. Unison, the GMB and Unite said the increase, which would see the lowest paid employees
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Some hospitals are “gaming the system” to make their A&E waiting times data look better than it is, medics have claimed. Senior staff said patients are being sent to same
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Children will not be sent to a high-profile young offender institution after the country’s most senior prisons inspector demanded the Government take immediate action over an “extraordinary” plunge in safety.
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An under-fire police force is still not effectively managing children at risk, a report has concluded. Northamptonshire Police were told there were a number of areas to improve in child
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A justice minister does not believe permission could be secured for a judicial review of the Parole Board’s decision to release paedophile nursery worker Vanessa George. Robert Buckland told MPs
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An investigation into child sexual abuse will examine the protection policies of religious schools and summer camps in England and Wales. The inquiry into child protection in religious organisations and
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