A new cervical cancer screening system in Scotland could be delayed because of security concerns, it is feared. GPs said it was unacceptable that the computer system would allow anyone with a password – including administrative staff – to access smear test results.
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An asylum seeker threatened with deportation has been released from a detention centre for the second time after a Scottish businessman put up £1000 bail. Bob Blakey, 60, a building inspector who travelled 400 miles to attend a bail hearing in Bedfordshire, said he was horrified by how Zahra Byansi had been treated.
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The woman who accuses her boyfriend of knowingly giving her HIV fell to her knees and wept when she was told she had the virus, a court heard yesterday. The sex clinic worker who broke the news to Miss X said:
The HSE has launched a new National Service User Executive (NSUE) for mental health services. The HSE says this means that for the first time, mental health service users will have a meaningful and significant input into shaping the future development and direction of the services.
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The founder of a Highland charity for bereaved families was facing jail last night after he admitted using the forged signature of a local politician to try to obtain over £220,000.
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More than 250 mental health nurses have gone on strike in Manchester over plans to change the way patients are treated in the community. Staff at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust are staging the one-day action on Wednesday.
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A teenage rape victim has spoken out against the closure of a care home she claims is her ‘lifeline’. The 16-year-old is housed in a children’s unit in the north of Glasgow where she was promised she would be secure for at least a year.
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Treating people with acute psychiatric problems can mean sparse, unappealing wards – but what if stimulation is the key?
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Police officers are being encouraged to “adopt” criminals in an attempt to cut down on drug-related crime, it has been revealed. The project, thought to be one of the first in the country, is being trialed in Worksop by Nottinghamshire Police, who were inspired by their counterparts in Holland.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is due to deliver the Prison Reform Trust’s annual lecture as the debate continues over the crisis surrounding the UK’s prison system.
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