Children and young people with life-limiting illnesses should be asked if they have a wishlist of achievements they want to accomplish, health officials have said. Medics or care workers developing
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Stepmothers have more problems getting on with their stepchildren than men do, research has found. About 65% of stepfathers reported good relationships with their stepchildren compared with 57% of stepmothers,
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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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A “Claudia’s Law” to give families greater control over the affairs of missing people could be introduced in memory of the chef Claudia Lawrence. Ms Lawrence disappeared on her way
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Young people who self-harm have been fundamentally let down by successive governments, a health minister has acknowledged in the Lords. Lord Prior of Brampton said the “appalling” level of self-harm
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Senior judges have raised concerns about a case in which a 71-year-old grandmother was given a six-month jail term after social services bosses complained she had breached orders made in
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Sex and relationships education (SRE) should become mandatory in schools, the chairman of the Education Select Committee has said. Neil Carmichael told MPs that SRE is needed in the face
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An internal Ministry of Justice (MoJ) assessment of restraint used against children and teenagers in young offenders institutions and secure training centres found that some techniques could kill or leave
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The health, local government and parliamentary ombudsmans are to be merged to streamline the complaints system, the Government has said. The new public services ombudsman will champion improvements to the
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