The number of children and young people waiting a year or more for specialist mental health care has increased by almost 115% in the last 12 months – with “frightening
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Social care funding pledged by the Government for the next three years is “nowhere near enough”, sector leaders have said. Some £5.3 billion will go towards social care between 2022-23
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Police have made a renewed public appeal for a mother who has gone into hiding with her 10-year-old son after care proceedings were launched. Kelly Jefferies, 42, and her son
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Boris Johnson is forcing Scottish workers to pay for social care reforms in England via his own “poll tax”, the SNP has claimed. The Prime Minister told MPs the proposed
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Boris Johnson broke an election promise as he announced a £12 billion a year tax raid to address the funding crisis in health and social care. The Prime Minister insisted
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A trainee doctor has been jailed for attempting to meet a fictitious 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity. Jamil Rehman, 35, contacted an online profile purporting to be the
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Domestic abuse charges reported to prosecutors in Scotland are at their highest level in five years, with cases rising during the first coronavirus lockdown. Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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Diagnoses of sexually-transmitted infections in England were down by almost a third last year, according to the latest figures. The drop is thought to be due to a combination of
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The Cabinet has backed Boris Johnson’s plans to reform health and social care funding, even though they are expected to involve a manifesto commitment-busting tax rise. The Prime Minister (pictured)
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The rate of registered suicides in England has returned to pre-pandemic level following disruption to coroners’ inquests, provisional figures suggest. There were 10.4 registered suicides per 100,000 people in the
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