Fewer than one in five survivors of child sexual abuse feels their needs were met by NHS mental health services, a new report has found. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
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Healthcare professionals have been asked to give their views on how care and support can be best provided for child victims of sexual abuse. A new consultation will aim to
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The Health Secretary is facing calls to investigate accusations that NHS managers in Ayrshire and Arran have been bullying and harassing radiography staff. The Society of Radiographers (SoR) has revealed
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A police force has been fined £234,500 for health and safety breaches in relation to a belt used around the face of a man before he collapsed in custody. Thomas
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A woman who strangled her partner of 30 years to death has been jailed. Sheila Lockridge, 66, told a police officer “I strangled her, she’s dead”, after carrying out the
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A pregnant mother-of-two has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of a human trafficking charge. Precious Izekor, 25, of Castlereagh Place, Belfast, has been charged with requiring
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A paedophile wanted by police in Australia for almost 10 years was free to commit a series of crimes against teenage boys in the UK, it has emerged. Barry Radford,
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Suicide prevention charity Samaritans was contacted by people in distress or crisis at a rate of every two minutes last year, figures suggest. According to statistics published by the charity,
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Schools will be asked for their views on funding for children with complex needs, the Education Secretary will announce today. In a speech at the National Association of Head Teachers
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Two former detainees at a scandal-hit immigration detention centre have taken the Home Office to the High Court in a bid for a public inquiry into alleged “systemic and institutional
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