As a report from the Accounts Commission warns social care services in Scotland are “unsustainable”, the Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) has called for an “informed debate” on the
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More than half of local NHS bodies are cutting spending on mental health, figures obtained by Labour show. New data obtained by Freedom of Information requests to Clinical Commissioning Groups
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The public could be made to pay a dedicated NHS tax in a bid to manage the growing cost of health care, the Lib Dems have suggested. Former health minister
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Jeremy Hunt has published details of how a record £816 million investment in NHS research – announced in the spending review – will be spent. Research projects covering mental health,
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Theresa May has announced £80 million of funding for youth projects in England in the latest stage of her drive to create a “great meritocracy”. The Prime Minister’s announcement, which
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There could be a “glut” of hospital services shut down, a health expert has warned. The NHS is under huge financial strain at the same time as grappling with workforce
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Forty-one projects will benefit from a share of £15 million to improve provision of mental health places of safety, the government announced today. The Department of Health funding is supporting
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Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith has accused the Tories of having a “secret plan to privatise the NHS” ahead of a major speech on the health service. It will be
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Thousands of pounds is to be injected into a successful violence reduction project to make its services available in Edinburgh. The Navigator project, which already operates at Glasgow Royal Infirmary,
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Disability charities have urged ministers to “end the uncertainty” around future funding for supported housing for disabled people who want to live independently. The 15 charities wrote to the Government,
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