Prisons will be expected to reform criminals as well as punish them under a major justice overhaul being unveiled on Thursday. Ministers will present legislation aiming to transform crisis-hit jails
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Just 7% of women with mental health problems during or after pregnancy are getting specialist help, a new poll suggests. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) said the
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Britain and the US have been accused of showing an “appalling lack of leadership” over the international refugee crisis. Amnesty International claimed the UK Government has shirked its duty in
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Children are not being taken seriously when they report violent and sexual crimes, the Government’s victims tsar has warned. Criminal justice agencies are at risk of failing youngsters who feel
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Many nurses feel they are too busy to give dying patients high-quality care, a new poll suggests. Two-thirds of nurses from across the UK felt they were not given sufficient
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Teachers and police officers should consider whether tantrums and excessive clinginess are possible signs of child abuse, a watchdog has said. New guidance says professionals working outside the NHS should
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Social care services will continue to be cut despite extra funding, council chiefs warned after the Government confirmed its local government funding package for next year. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid
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NHS hospitals will not be able to balance their books until problems in social care are addressed, health experts have warned. The Health Foundation said the gap in social care
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Caps on spending on agency staff in the NHS in England have been “largely unsuccessful” in luring temporary staff to work in the health service, a new report has found.
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Two children whose destitute illegal immigrant parents were accused of using them as “puppets” in a fight to get state cash should be placed for adoption in Britain, a judge
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