People from black and ethnic minority communities are three times more likely than average to be detained under the Mental Health Act, new figures from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) show.
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DONNA GOODWIN can’t forget the dirty looks from neighbours of the residential unit where she lived and how unwanted it made her feel.
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Scottish councils have warned they will be forced to slash key services as they struggle to cut budgets by £270m from April.
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A SWANSEA hospital may be axed under plans to centre more health services out in the community. The future of Fairwood Hospital is again coming under the spotlight as part of talks over the next fortnight.
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A course which will help people with a long-term mental health diagnosis develop self-management skills has been launched.
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Employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their medical history prior to inviting them for interview, the government has said.
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CONSTRUCTION work has begun on a mental health unit for teenagers in Plymouth. Developers say the NHS unit, at the Plymouth International Medical and Technology Park in Derriford, is on track to open in January 2011.
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SOCIAL services bosses have been ordered to attend court today after they apparently failed to carry out assessments on a vulnerable 15-year-old boy.
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Government plans to bring in free care for elderly and disabled people could leave Kent County Council with a £22million financial headache.
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A Yorkshire council has suspended a number of staff and promised a full overhaul of its children’s care services after independent consultants uncovered massive failings which could have left vulnerable children at risk of abuse and neglect.
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