NHS chiefs are bringing the cervical screening service back in-house after expressing dissatisfaction at the way it has been performing. Chief executive of NHS England Simon Stevens told the Commons
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Louis Theroux will explore postpartum mental illness in his upcoming BBC Two documentary. Mothers On The Edge will see the filmmaker spending time in two specialist psychiatric units which treat
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Campaigners have accused police of “a systemic failure” to protect victims of domestic and sexual violence in only the second super-complaint made to a national watchdog. The Centre for Women’s
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Doctors will be watchfully waiting to help youngsters cope with the fallout from the St Patrick’s Day deaths, the area’s senior psychologist has said. Hundreds of young people were present
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GPs and health service practitioners should be able to prescribe technology such as wearable devices and monitoring systems to tackle loneliness among older people, a report has recommended. It is
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County lines drug gangs are fuelling a rise in the number of British children being used as slaves, with cases more than doubling in a year. Figures released by the
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A woman told a series of lies about her estranged husband’s behaviour and maliciously tried to exclude him from their five-year-old son’s life, a High Court judge has decided. Mr
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A Scottish woman’s ability to smell Parkinson’s disease has led scientists to identify what causes the telltale odour, raising hopes for a new early diagnosis tool. Joy Milne, a retired
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Very hot drinks may be linked to a 90% higher risk of oesophageal cancer, a study of 50,000 people suggests. Experts found that drinking 700ml per day of tea at
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Neglect by a GP contributed to the death of an 86-year-old woman who was inadvertently given monthly doses of vitamin D tablets every day, a coroner has ruled. An inquest
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