Almost a quarter of patients with a mental health problem are waiting more than three months to see an NHS specialist, leading psychiatrists have warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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A High Court judge has criticised a council over its “atrocious” treatment of a severely traumatised autistic girl who has been kept in hospital because of a delay in finding
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Dame Barbara Windsor has appeared on video for the first time to speak publicly about dementia – as her husband said that “there is still so much of her there”
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Undercover police have been testing hotel staff’s success at spotting the potential sexual exploitation of children. Officers have over the past week attempted to check into rooms in London accompanied
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More than 260,000 diabetes inpatients experienced a medication error during their hospital stay last year – putting them at risk of lasting harm or death, a report has warned. The
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A sharp jump in violent and sexual offences has fuelled a 17% increase in crimes recorded on Britain’s railways, official figures show. Some 61,159 crimes were reported by British Transport
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has raised concern about the knock-on effects of a shortage of approved secure accommodation units for children in council care.
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A Slovakian gang who made a family business from trafficking workers to the UK and forcing them to work for as little as £5 a day have been jailed. Members
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An incurably-ill man has ended his life in a clinic in Switzerland, according to two campaign groups who supported his UK legal challenge. The 54 year-old man, who can only
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Human body parts are among hundreds of tonnes of waste from NHS hospitals which have been allowed to pile up by a disposal company. Healthcare Environment Services Ltd has been
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