More Cuts To Mental Health Service
The scale of the mental health crisis in Cambridgeshire has been revealed as new figures showed that the county’s specialist trust has lost almost one in five dedicated hospital beds in just two years.
Read MoreThe scale of the mental health crisis in Cambridgeshire has been revealed as new figures showed that the county’s specialist trust has lost almost one in five dedicated hospital beds in just two years.
Read MoreThe courts are handing out three times as much prison time for drug offences as a decade ago but such “get tough” sentencing has done little to stem the flow of drugs on to the streets, where prices continue to fall, according to a study.
Read MoreMost women who have had late abortions say that they had not known they were pregnant for up to three months. An extensive study of women who had abortions between 13 and 24 weeks found that half did not know they were pregnant for at least two months, and a further quarter only discovered their pregnancy at three months or later.
Read MoreA 53-year-old man is due to appear in court accused of murdering an 11-year-old girl more than 30 years ago. Ronald Castree is charged with the murder of Lesley Molseed on Rishworth Moor, near Ripponden, West Yorkshire, between October 4 and October 9, 1975.
Read MoreA shortage of specialist care for post-natal depression could drive more and more women to commit suicide, nurses warned yesterday. Suicide is the leading cause of maternal death and every year a small number even kill their own children.
Read MoreAmbulance services are being stretched to “breaking point” because GPs have opted out of out of hours care, a union has claimed. The debt-ridden NHS is facing a shortfall of around 2,000 ambulance workers – with remaining staff having to work extra shifts to take up the burden, according to Unison.
Read MoreCornwall Social Services were this week preparing to move residents out of Penhellis Nursing Home at Helston (pictured above).The future for all 27 permanent residents and 40 staff is hanging in the balance as the home faces imminent closure.
Read MoreCSV, the operator of the biggest national network of social action broadcasting will urge Ofcom to guarantee that money is not the only factor governing the use of broadcast frequencies being freed up by TV going digital from 2008 to 2012. There is a danger they will be auctioned off.
Read MoreA decision on where to locate beds for elderly people with mental health problems in Wiltshire will be made next month. Wiltshire Primary Care Trust was due to decide on its preferred location for 20-25 beds at its board meeting in April but has deferred the decision to next month.
Read MoreA useful family of tools that can help social service employers plan their staff induction has been launched by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). The Preparing for Practice induction tools include:
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