The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has “overseen years of decline” in the performance of NHS cancer and waiting times targets, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts
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Older people with low levels of vitamin B9 have a higher risk of dementia, a study suggests. Having low levels of the vitamin, also known as folate, has also been
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A black schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis. The “traumatic” search by Metropolitan Police officers took place at the
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The mother of Star Hobson has had her prison sentence for causing or allowing the 16-month-old’s death increased by the Court of Appeal. Frankie Smith (pictured), 20, was jailed at
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Scotland’s national ambulance provider has taken on 21 new mental health staff members to bolster its services. The recruitment drive has been supported by the Scottish Government’s funding of £1.6
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The number of referrals for specialist mental health care has reached a record high in England, new analysis suggests. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said that the country is coming
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A pregnant woman detained under the terms of mental health legislation is capable of deciding whether to have an abortion even though doctors say such a move would not be
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Two women whose fathers died from Covid-19 have begun a High Court fight after complaining of Government failure to protect care home residents during the pandemic. Cathy Gardner and Fay
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Nearly half of children are expected to be living in families forced to “make sacrifices on essentials” by the start of the new financial year, new analysis suggests. The New
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The Government is ignoring advice from medical experts and women by withdrawing an at-home early abortion service introduced during the pandemic, ministers have heard. Labour former minister Dame Diana Johnson
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