A carer who smothered his 89-year-old mother “in an act of mercy” has been spared jail. Kevin Pearce, 60, had looked after dementia and osteoporosis sufferer Eileen Pearce for 10
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Poor mental health cost society £300 billion in 2022 – the equivalent of double the NHS budget, according to new research. The figure covers economic costs such as sickness absence,
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NHS and social care staff face “patchy” mental health support across England, leading health organisations have said as many specialist support hubs have shut their doors due to a lack
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People in rural Scottish communities experience less loneliness, according to a new study. Research led by the University of Glasgow (UOG) suggests people living in urban areas are more likely
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Short staffing, underfunding and severe treatment delays have made mental health services for children and young people a “ticking time bomb”, the health regulator has warned. The Care Quality Commission
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Downing Street has declined to repeat claims by a Cabinet minister that the UK’s approach to mental health was in danger of having “gone too far”. Mel Stride, the Work
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The sentencing of a woman convicted of harming a child with laxatives, which affected his development, has been deferred so a psychiatric report about her can be prepared. Tracy Menhinick,
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The number of people living with, and dying from, conditions that affect the brain such as stroke, dementia, migraines, epilepsy and nervous system cancers, has increased globally by 18% in
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Care provider Priory Healthcare has been fined £650,000 for safety failings linked to the death of a patient who was hit by a train after absconding from a mental health
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A woman arrested on suspicion of murdering three children in Bristol has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Avon and Somerset Police said the 42-year-old was taken to hospital
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