A life of loneliness threatens aspects of someone’s health as much as physical inactivity in adolescence or diabetes in old age, new research claims. Lacking a network of friends or
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Labour MP Simon Danczuk is facing a police probe after being accused of a historical rape. A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “We can confirm that we have received a
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A national public investigation is “now needed” into the unexpected deaths of mental health and learning disability patients, Labour has argued. Shadow minister for mental health Luciana Berger told MPs
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A married couple who ran a nursing agency with “lucrative” public sector contracts flouted immigration laws by recruiting dozens of illegal workers, a court has heard. Mahendrasing Caussyram, 51, and
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Social care is “in crisis now”, yet the Government proposes “risky, uncertain and late funding”, Labour has claimed. Shadow minister for older people, social care and carers Barbara Keeley told
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A consortium of leading researchers, care providers and robotics experts have received a major award of over £2m from Innovate UK to develop a modular robotic solution for the home
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American company Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. has today announced that it has signed a ‘definitive agreement’ for the acquisition of the Priory Group and expects to complete the transaction by
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Social services staff have come under fire after a family court judge heard how a boy spent at least two years living with a relative who was a convicted paedophile.
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Simon Danczuk’s membership of the Labour Party has been suspended following allegations he sent sexually explicit messages to a 17-year-old girl, the party has announced. The Rochdale MP is being
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A couple can no longer have total parental responsibility for their disabled teenage daughter because of concerns about their attitude to social services staff, a family court judge has ruled.
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