Campaign aims to boost number of young adults with SEND in work by 10,000
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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Scheme to provide free medical grade heroin to end due to lack of funding
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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Social worker repeatedly stabbed as he attended children’s welfare check, court told
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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Health inequalities require urgent and co-ordinated action across Government, say MSPs
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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Patients cutting back on medicine, food and heating due to soaring costs – charities warn
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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NHS trust has ‘not covered itself in glory’, inquest into vulnerable woman’s death told
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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Catalogue of local authority failings contributed to death of teenager, coroner finds
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 investigating claims staff mistreated patients at mental health unit in Manchester
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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Stigma and discrimination causing people with mental illnesses to hold back in life, study suggests
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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Psychiatrist tells inquest he was not asked to intervene in vulnerable woman’s care
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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