A public figure whose teenage relative was taken into local authority care while on holiday in England before becoming the focus of family court proceedings cannot be named, a judge
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A youth worker whose revelations about child sexual exploitation in Rotherham led to the exposure of a scandal that shocked the nation has been awarded the MBE. Jayne Senior said
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Soaring numbers of blocked beds continue to disrupt the NHS in England – despite figures suggesting it may be starting to recover after a challenging start to the year. Delayed
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The family of an 18-year-old man who drowned following an epileptic seizure while under the care of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded £80,000 compensation. The NHS Trust
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A radical treatment that wipes out and then regenerates the immune system can halt progression of aggressive multiple sclerosis and even reverse its symptoms, research has shown. Scientists in Canada
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Many dying gay people face “significant barriers” to accessing end-of-life care, a new report has found. Some lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people fear they will be discriminated against
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A hospital has been condemned by health inspectors for putting patients at “unacceptable risk” in its overcrowded A&E department. Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth was so busy that 16 ambulances
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Stress-related illness among prison staff has hit a five-year high following major cuts to the workforce, new figures have revealed. Prison staff in England and Wales took off 54,519 days
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Thousands more patients with terminal cancer could go into remission if immunotherapy drugs were used in combination, scientists believe. The drugs, which have boosted survival for dying patients, enable the
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Ministers are not taking the issue of LGBT sexual health seriously enough, an MP has claimed, as a Government pilot programme to vaccinate gay men against a highly contagious virus
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