Nearly 500 fewer NHS GPs despite Government recruitment drive
There has been a drop in the number of GPs working in the NHS despite Government aims to recruit more, figures show. Provisional data from NHS Digital shows there were
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New figures show child sex offences rise fourfold in Greater Manchester
Child sex offences reported in Greater Manchester have increased fourfold in three years, new figures showed today with the number of known or suspected offenders doubling. And the numbers of
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Tatton Flower Show to host ‘Remember Me’ garden created for dementia sufferers
A garden filled with plants popular in the 1960s and 1970s to comfort people with dementia will form part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Tatton Flower Show this summer.
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Ruby Wax and Andrew Flintoff among celebrities in new films exploring mental health battles
Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff, rapper Professor Green and comic Ruby Wax are some of the stars talking publicly about their mental health battles in a series of new
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Changes to disability payments ‘make mockery’ of parity of esteem claim – Labour
A decision to tighten regulations on disability payments “makes an absolute mockery” of the Government’s commitment to deliver parity of esteem between mental and physical health, Labour has said. Shadow
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£3bn in outstanding child maintenance payments ‘may never be collected’
At least £3 billion in child maintenance payments ordered by the old Child Support Agency (CSA) may never be paid, the Whitehall spending watchdog has disclosed. The National Audit Office
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‘Low-priority’ items could go in NHS prescriptions shake-up to cut costs
Travel vaccinations, gluten-free foods and omega-3 supplements may no longer be available on the NHS under major cost-cutting plans. NHS England will next month launch a consultation as it works
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Birmingham care home is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found the quality of care provided by Victoria Lodge Care Home in Acocks Green, Birmingham, to be Outstanding overall following an inspection in January.
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Watchdog criticises lack of action after rise in suicides among female prisoners
An official watchdog has hit out at a “lack of concerted and sustained action” following a jump in suicides among female prisoners. Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen said lessons
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Criticism over failure to publish ruling in case which saw teenager going into council care
A former Liberal Democrat MP has criticised a family court judge for failing to publish a ruling in a case in which a Polish woman whose teenage daughter went into
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