Only a “small fraction” of children who need mental health support were able to access services last year, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said, as she called for every
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Health teams working in the community are to get a multi-billion funding boost in a bid to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, the Prime Minister has announced. Theresa May pledged £3.5
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Fresh concerns about the roll-out of controversial Universal Credit (UC) welfare reforms have been voiced by MPs. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said readiness tests must be set before
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Addressing childhood adversity and trauma should be a national public health priority, Labour has said. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said action was needed because around half of adults in
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A terminally ill motor neurone disease sufferer who wants to die a “peaceful and dignified death” will go to the UK’s highest court in a bid to change the law
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People affected by terrorism are being let down amid a “profound crisis” in mental health services, campaigners claim. Survivors of attacks have been forced to pay for their own treatment
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Nearly one in five NHS hospital services have failed to hit any key national waiting-time targets in the last year, analysis shows. An investigation by the BBC found that 29
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More than two-fifths of the accommodation for asylum seekers in England and Wales is not fit for purpose, a report has found. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
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Campaigners have gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge a proposed new payment scheme for NHS services which they claim could put the quality and safety of services at
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GPs made more than 1.4 million referrals for talking therapies for patients with anxiety or depression last year, new figures show. The number of referrals for talking therapy increased from
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