Social care workers need to be “better paid and more highly regarded” rather than earning less than dog walkers, a former deputy prime minister has said. In a report published
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Reducing poverty and economic inequality in the UK should be an “urgent public health necessity” as these are “toxic” to mental and physical health, a report warns. The Centre for
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The mother of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering “catastrophic” brain damage three months ago has said she will keep fighting even though Court of Appeal
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A depressed mother has been spared jail for killing her 10-week-old daughter six days after the girl was discharged into her parents’ care against the advice of healthcare professionals. Lily-Mai
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One in four patients who have extra communication needs, including deaf and blind people, have been “refused” communication support while accessing NHS care, a poll suggests. A survey of 605
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The adult disability payment has expanded into seven more areas ahead of a national rollout at the end of next month. People in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Fife, Moray, East Ayrshire, North
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Mental health in the North was more badly affected by the pandemic than elsewhere in England, a new report has found. Experts have estimated that the mental health crisis in
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Persistent understaffing in the NHS is creating a serious risk to patient safety, MPs have said in a damning report. The cross-party Health and Social Care Committee said health and
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A four-year-old boy said “mummy, please don’t kill me” as his mentally ill mother drowned him, a court has heard. Oluwakemi Badare, 37, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was given a
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Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering “catastrophic” brain damage three months ago, appeal judges have ruled. Three judges
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