Social media is helping fuel a nation of “deeply unhappy” children, a charity has warned, as it published new figures showing a rise in self-harm. Data obtained under the Freedom
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An ambulance service worker who developed a psychiatric condition after she was exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning during her shift has won £279,998 High Court damages. Solo responder Diane Kennedy,
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An NHS manager has been jailed for four years after “swindling” a health trust out of £250,000. Alan Hodge, 53, from Surrey, was “at the very heart” of the fraud
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The number of Sure Start children’s centres closing has increased every year since 2010 with 156 shutting in 2015 alone, official statistics show. Figures released by the Department for Education
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Children will be safer from the risk of sexual exploitation over the Christmas party season thanks to a year-long scheme, according to a leading charity. Barndardo’s said it has raised
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Local authorities spend less than 1% of their public health budget on mental health, and the figure is shrinking year on year, according to new data. The charity Mind used
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Some sufferers of psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia may have a treatable immune disorder, research suggests. In a nationwide study, scientists at the University of Oxford found up to one in
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Flickering light in the eyes could form the basis of a breakthrough Alzheimer’s treatment with the potential to halt or even reverse the disease, research has shown. Extraordinary results from
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Companies that provide care to the elderly and disabled are increasingly handing back contracts to local authorities because they are not being paid enough, the leader of the health regulator
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Health authorities with the best ideas for stopping potential cancer patients “bouncing between GPs and hospitals” are to be given a share of a £200 million funding pot. NHS England
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