A hospital for mentally ill children has been slammed by health officials after inspectors observed a youngster harming themselves in front of a member of staff. Huntercombe Hospital in Stafford
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Help provided by the Government to families in need will be worse in 2020 than it was in 2010 and will slip even further unless action is taken to overhaul
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Children as young as three are showing signs of being unhappy with their appearance and bodies, a survey of childcare professionals has suggested. Almost a third of nursery and school
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Managers in domiciliary care earn up to 30% less than their care home counterparts according to new research by Croner. The findings come from Croner’s latest salary survey report on
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The outgoing boss of the heavily-criticised Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is still to be employed by the organisation in a new role – pulling in the same pay and
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A simple blood test is being developed that can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in people with poor memory. British scientists have identified a set of protein biomarkers that
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A badge has been created for passengers with hidden health conditions who need a seat on public transport. Some 1,000 of the “Please offer me a seat” badges will be
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Junior doctors are proposing to go on strike for a week every month for the rest of the year as the row over a new contract being imposed on them
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The number of nurseries going bust has almost doubled in the past year because of the “soaring costs” of childcare, according to a leading accountancy firm. The national living wage,
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More than 70,000 social housing tenants could face average rent rises of £1,000 a year unless ministers back down on controversial new “pay to stay” rules, the Local Government Association
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