Terminally ill people and their families are being strung along by a six-month wait to access benefits, an MP has claimed. Currently, the law only recognises that a person is
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A judge has said social services bosses should not facilitate access to prostitutes for a man with learning difficulties who has a “high sex drive”. The man had become fascinated
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A Saudi Arabian couple have gone on trial accused of cruelty towards a child who was allegedly injected with “dangerous” amounts of insulin. Amal Asiri, 29, and her husband Mohammed
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A senior member of the Home Office’s drugs advisory panel has quit, claiming political interference is undermining its independence. Professor Alex Stevens, who worked on the Advisory Council on the
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A cardiologist has said that “chronic stress” caused to a Windrush migrant trying to prove his British citizenship “would have acted upon his demise”, an inquest heard. Dexter Bristol, 58,
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The Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex will voice a new mental health campaign during a “national takeover” that will be simultaneously broadcast to millions of television viewers. The
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Children are lashing out and biting others because their parents do not have enough time to spend talking and reading to them, nursery leaders have warned. Too much time in
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The vacancy rate for consultant psychiatrists has doubled in six years, leaving gaps in care for children and those with “deadly” eating disorders, according to a new report. Around one
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Antidepressant use amongst older people has more than doubled in 20 years, despite the estimated prevalence of depression dropping slightly, a study has found. Just over 10% of over-65s in
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Department of Health officials ignored people falling ill with hepatitis in the early 1970s, allowing the contaminated blood scandal to continue for years, new documents reveal. The minutes of a
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