Mental health reforms must go further to address the “scandal” of vulnerable people being “effectively incarcerated” in secure institutions, a former health secretary has urged. Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt (pictured)
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The Government is aiming to tackle racial disparities and better meet the needs of those with learning difficulties as it unveils proposed reforms to mental health services. The Department for
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A vulnerable patient abused at Muckamore Abbey Hospital went from enjoying vocalising to remaining in his room, looking down and never smiling, an inquiry has heard. A barrister representing patients
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Drumming for as little as 90 minutes a week can improve quality of life for autistic children, according to a scientific study backed by a veteran rock and roll musician.
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Northern Ireland’s department of health “will welcome difficult questions” at a public inquiry into the alleged abuse of vulnerable patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, an inquiry has heard. The Muckamore
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A supermarket shopper has heaped praised on a store worker after she forged a remarkable friendship with a little boy with autism. Bex Wickens said Mags Lunn is “an incredible
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Patients will be at the centre of proceedings in an inquiry into allegations of abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital, the inquiry chairman has stated. Tom Kark QC, chairman of the
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A care home firm has been fined £450,000 after a catalogue of health and safety failings led to a vulnerable resident drowning in a bath. Margaret Glasgow was a resident
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A judge has given doctors the go ahead to perform a caesarean section on a heavily pregnant woman with mental health difficulties. The woman, in her 30s and detained under
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An investigation has been launched into a mother’s claims that her 14-year-old autistic daughter was strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers. The force confirmed the woman had made a complaint after
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