Urgent, co-ordinated action is required across all levels of Government in the UK in order to tackle Scotland’s health inequalities, a Holyrood inquiry has found. The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social
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Health charities have warned that the cost-of-living crisis is leading to patients cutting back on medicine, heating and food. Half of the 3,600 people with lung conditions such as asthma,
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An NHS trust has “not covered itself in glory” in its dealings with the family of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital, a
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A catalogue of failings by a local authority contributed to the death of a vulnerable teenager, a coroner has found. Jade Hutchings (pictured), 18, attempted to take his own life
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Police have opened an investigation into allegations staff mistreated patients at a mental health unit. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the probe comes following a period of undercover filming at
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Scots living with severe, enduring and complex mental illnesses are withdrawing from relationships, friendships, work and healthcare due to stigma and discrimination, new research has shown. The Scottish Mental Illness
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A consultant psychiatrist has told an inquest into the death of a vulnerable young woman who killed herself after being refused admission to hospital that he was not asked to
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The council leadership in two areas where vulnerable children were murdered need to be held to account about their failings, ministers have been told. A cross-party group of MPs has
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There is “no easy solution” to tackling poverty in Wales, a report commissioned by the Welsh Government has found. The major review has highlighted how the current cost-of-living crisis has
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A Labour government would fund a surge in NHS staffing by reversing tax cuts for the highest earners in Britain, according to Rachel Reeves. The shadow chancellor said the party
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