The death of a transgender teenager who took his own life potentially because of his mental health and gender identity issues could have been contributed to by failures in his
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The public inquiry examining the deaths of almost 2,000 mental health patients in Essex has been expanded, officials have announced. The initial inquiry into the deaths of people on mental
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A lawyer representing patient groups at the Covid-19 Inquiry has called for clarity on when the probe will examine the impact the pandemic had on mental health. It comes after
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Findings that children’s gender care in the NHS has been based on weak evidence have been branded “scandalous” by the shadow health secretary who told of his anger that adult
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Concerns have been raised that gender-questioning young people are being failed by “appalling” waiting lists as a report warned that staffing is one of the “most challenging” parts of delivering
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A mental health charity withdrew a job offer to a Christian social worker after concerns emerged that his views on homosexuality and same-sex marriage could have serious effects on extremely
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A Christian social worker who believes homosexuality is a sin has denied claims that vulnerable service users may have killed themselves if he had been given a job as a
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A man who stabbed his neighbour to death in 2004 has absconded from a mental health facility in east London, sparking a police appeal. Philip Theophilou, 54, left the facility
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Inmates are developing drug problems after being jailed because of long waiting times for mental health services, a report has found. An inspection report for HMP Wymott, near Leyland in
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A violent offender who beat a fellow resident to death at a home for people with mental health conditions has been locked up indefinitely in hospital. Rajinder Pall, 45, had
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