Campaigners seek law change over psychological abuse
Campaigners have called for types of psychological abuse to be made a crime in a bid to save more victims of domestic violence. Three groups have urged the Government to
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New report shows childcare costs outstrip mortgage
Families are paying more on average for part-time childcare than they spend on their mortgage, according to a new report. It reveals parents are handing over more than £7,500 a
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Mental health nurses to take up police station roles
Mental health nurses will be stationed at nearly 50 police stations across England and Wales by next month. Ten forces – including the Metropolitan Police Service and Leicestershire Constabulary –
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MHRA in call to report drug side-effects
More than one in five parents would not tell their GP if their child suffered a reaction to a medicine, while almost six in 10 would fail to tell a
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Think-tank finds welfare payments ‘stopped unfairly’
Around 68,000 benefit claimants are having their welfare payments stopped unfairly each year, heightening demand for food banks, a think tank has claimed today. Policy Exchange said the figure relates
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Johnson calls for radicalised children to be placed in care
Muslim children at risk of radicalisation at the hands of their parents are victims of child abuse and should be taken into care, Boris Johnson has said. The Mayor of
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Expert urges people to get help for self-harm
World Self-Injury Awareness Day is on Saturday 1 March and one of the UK’s leading experts in self-harm and suicide is joining the call to try and raise awareness of
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Social work education review recommends 22 areas of improvement
A DH commissioned review of social work education has made 22 recommendations, including increased specialisation and fast-track entry routes for top graduates into adult services. The review, carried out by
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Three men charged over ‘historic sex abuse’ at school for vulnerable
Three men have been charged with a catalogue of historic alleged sex offences at a school for vulnerable children. The trio are accused of a total of 53 sex abuse
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Over 200 absconders from Hackney’s John Howard Centre in last 13 years
Over 200 people have absconded from a mental health hospital in Hackney over the last 13 years. In the past four years there were 95 absconders from Homerton’s, John Howard
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