A “genuine crisis” in funding for young people with special educational needs could “blight their lives forever”, the High Court has heard. Lawyers representing three families who are bringing a
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Lawyers have welcomed a ruling by a judge who was asked to consider whether parents should still decide what is best when teenagers with learning disabilities become adults. Three families
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Parents of children with special educational needs are bringing a landmark High Court challenge against the Government over funding cuts to local authorities. The families bringing the legal action say
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The mother of a pregnant mentally-ill woman who doctors thought should have an abortion had to put her faith in British justice, her lawyer has said. Laura Hobey-Hamsher said the
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A judge has given doctors the go-ahead to perform an abortion on a pregnant mentally-ill woman. Mrs Justice Lieven has concluded that a pregnancy termination is in the woman’s best
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A social worker has told a judge in a specialist court that a pregnant mentally-ill woman should be allowed give birth. Bosses at an NHS trust responsible for the woman’s
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CKUK Common Knowledge and Scottish Drug Forum have launched Be Safe Have Fun – the first sexual health and safety app developed exclusively for young people age with autism and/or
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Doctors want a judge in a specialist court to allow them to perform an abortion on a mentally-ill woman who is 22 weeks pregnant. Specialists caring for the woman, who
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A film celebrating 100 Years of Learning Disability Nursing (LDN) has been launched at an event at the University of South Wales (USW). Vaughan Gething, Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for
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A woman who has had seven children removed from her care is pregnant again, a family court judge has been told. The woman, who is in her late 20s, is
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