Vicky McClure says the response to her BBC show Our Dementia Choir was “phenomenal” but that the ongoing lack of funding for those affected by the condition is “frustrating”. The
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Sporting bodies are backing a charity campaign to empower parents to keep their children safe from abuse when playing sport. The week-long National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
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Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, according to a new analysis. More than 40,000 have left the health service in the past year – one in
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The Government has shown “a lack of urgency” in its approach to tackling male suicide, according to a cross-party report. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Issues Affecting Men and
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“Too many” care home residents are facing serious challenges in getting vital support from their loved ones during coronavirus outbreaks, with families still experiencing barriers to visits, campaigners have said.
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A senior coroner’s conclusion that schoolgirl Molly Russell died while suffering from the “negative effects of online content” has been hailed the first of its type. Andrew Walker said online
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Failing to meet a commitment to increase benefits in line with inflation would lead to disabled people “starving and freezing in their own homes”, a charity has warned. As the
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A new campaign will aim to boost the number of young people in work with a learning disability or autism by 10,000 in the next eight years. The charity DFN
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A scheme to give free medical grade heroin to addicts in the town with the worst drugs death rates in the UK is ending due to a lack of funding.
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A social worker was repeatedly stabbed by a man armed with two pocket knives as he attempted to carry out welfare checks on three children, a court has heard. Themba
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