Calls have been made for more epilepsy specialist nurses (ESN) after research showed their workloads are reaching unmanageable levels, with patients waiting up to five months to be seen. Epilepsy
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has spoken of his “deeply personal” mission to prevent suicides, four years after his brother’s death. Mr Javid’s brother, Tariq, took his own life in a
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The death of a vulnerable man who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital has sparked a criminal investigation into the care provider and its
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A further eight referrals involving strip searches of children have been made to the police watchdog. The voluntary referrals relate to separate incidents between December 2019 and March 2022, where
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An SNP MP has been cleared of sexual misconduct after an investigation into claims she asked a member of party staff to go home with her. Patricia Gibson, the MP
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Covid-19 outbreaks in care homes have jumped for the third week in a row while hospital numbers are continuing to rise, in further evidence the virus is once again becoming
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Unpaid carers are feeling increasingly socially isolated, stressed, depressed and not encouraged or supported in their roles, new NHS figures show. Fewer carers are able to take a break from
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A mother-of-four recovering from cancer was “cooped up” with her children in a single room during the coronavirus pandemic due to council failings, an Ombudsman has found. The woman, referred
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Children in care are moving between placements a thousand times every week in England, according to fresh analysis of Government figures. Children’s care placements have changed more than 220,000 times
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A new report on bereavement support for families and carers after a child’s death has made eight recommendations for improving services. Scotland has one of the highest rates of child
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