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Cambridge University to hold review after suspected suicide deaths of five students

By Catherine Lough, Reporter12th July 2022Education & Training

Cambridge University will hold a review after five students died in recent months. Four of the deaths were suspected suicides and one had been confirmed as a suicide. The students

Social worker ‘not told of missing Gaia’s mental health assessment’ – inquest

By Rod Minchin, Reporter7th July 2022News England

Teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland’s social worker was never told she had undergone an assessment under the Mental Health Act just weeks before she disappeared, an inquest heard. Sarah Lock said she

Father of boy with profound learning disability says Muckamore known as ‘place to be feared’

By Rebecca Black, Reporter7th July 2022News Northern Ireland

Muckamore Abbey Hospital was known as a “place to be feared”, the father of a boy who spent time there in the 1990s has said. Michael Overend from west Belfast

Inquest told of ‘sub-optimal’ assessment on day Gaia Pope-Sutherland disappeared

By Rod Minchin, Reporter5th July 2022News England

An emergency services clinician should have organised a face-to-face mental health assessment for teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland on the day she disappeared, an inquest has heard. The clinician spoke to the

Adolescents over three times more vulnerable to cannabis addiction than adults, new study suggests

By Nina Massey, Reporter1st July 20225th July 2022News England

Sixteen and 17-year-olds are more than three times more vulnerable to developing a cannabis addiction than adults, researchers have found. However, they may not be at increased risk of other

Eating disorder charity urges Scottish Government to avoid menu calorie labels

By Katharine Hay, Reporter30th June 2022News Scotland

The UK’s leading eating disorder charity has called on the Scottish Government to scrap plans to label menus with calories. Beat said the move could have a damaging impact on

Government must go further on reforms to end scandal of vulnerable people in secure units – Hunt

By Ben Hatton, Martin Bet and Elizabeth Arnold, Reporters28th June 2022News England

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)

Government pledge to tackle racial disparities and improve learning disability care with new reforms

By Rebecca Speare-Cole, Reporter27th June 2022News England

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

Sajid Javid tells of ‘deeply personal’ mission on suicide after brother’s death

By Jane Kirby, Reporter24th June 2022News England

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has spoken of his “deeply personal” mission to prevent suicides, four years after his brother’s death. Mr Javid’s brother, Tariq, took his own life in a

Mental health hospital faces criminal probe after death of vulnerable man hit by train

By Ted Hennessey, Reporter24th June 2022News England

The death of a vulnerable man who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health hospital has sparked a criminal investigation into the care provider and its

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Cambridge University to hold review after suspected suicide deaths of five students

Father of boy with profound learning disability says Muckamore known as ‘place to be feared’

Inquest told of ‘sub-optimal’ assessment on day Gaia Pope-Sutherland disappeared

Adolescents over three times more vulnerable to cannabis addiction than adults, new study suggests

Eating disorder charity urges Scottish Government to avoid menu calorie labels

Government must go further on reforms to end scandal of vulnerable people in secure units – Hunt

Government pledge to tackle racial disparities and improve learning disability care with new reforms

Sajid Javid tells of ‘deeply personal’ mission on suicide after brother’s death

Mental health hospital faces criminal probe after death of vulnerable man hit by train

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

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Tag: Mental Health

Cambridge University to hold review after suspected suicide deaths of five students

Social worker ‘not told of missing Gaia’s mental health assessment’ – inquest

Father of boy with profound learning disability says Muckamore known as ‘place to be feared’

Inquest told of ‘sub-optimal’ assessment on day Gaia Pope-Sutherland disappeared

Adolescents over three times more vulnerable to cannabis addiction than adults, new study suggests

Eating disorder charity urges Scottish Government to avoid menu calorie labels

Government must go further on reforms to end scandal of vulnerable people in secure units – Hunt

Government pledge to tackle racial disparities and improve learning disability care with new reforms

Sajid Javid tells of ‘deeply personal’ mission on suicide after brother’s death

Mental health hospital faces criminal probe after death of vulnerable man hit by train