The head of the Belfast Health Trust has expressed “profound regret” at failings in the leadership at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. A raft of allegations of physical abuse and mental cruelty
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Coronavirus and the introduction of lockdown measures significantly raised mental health challenges, particularly for the most vulnerable groups, a study has found. The research, by the University of Bath and
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An inquiry by MSPs has found a “troubling picture” for youth mental health services. MSPs on Holyrood’s Public Petitions Committee raised concerns about the evidence of young people who reported
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Two-thirds of care home staff have reported mental health problems since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey in one city. The Sheffield Care Association (SCA) said
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Unsafe mental health buildings are a “disaster waiting to happen”, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said. Dilapidated buildings and years of under-investment have been exposed by Covid-19, with old
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The number of children who are excluded could rise as more young people are likely to return to school with challenging behaviours due to the lockdown, MPs have been told.
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A third of people with dementia feel apathetic and want to give up after deteriorating mentally and physically during the coronavirus lockdown, research from a charity suggests. A similar proportion
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More than a third of children and young people are experiencing increased mental health difficulties during the coronavirus lockdown, a children’s charity survey suggests. The impacts of Covid-19 could be
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Care home staff are increasingly struggling with mental health problems and feeling burnt out, anxious and guilty as they work through the coronavirus pandemic, a charity has warned. Calls to
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During the COVID 19 pandemic there has been publicity in abundance about maintaining our physical health. We have been given copious amounts of public health advice and measures have been
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