London faces a “rapidly unravelling” mental health crisis, a Labour candidate for City Hall warned. Diane Abbott, the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, said real term cuts
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Home Secretary Theresa May has been criticised by MPs for refusing to release details of the salary of the new head of the inquiry into historic child sex abuse. The
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The number of children being counselled through ChildLine about online sexual abuse has more than doubled, according to the charity. ChildLine said it carried out 2,842 counselling sessions on the
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Schemes aimed at helping the millions of people who juggle work with caring responsibilities are to be trialled, including the promotion of flexible working. The Government is to spend £1.6
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A&E visits by children and young people with a mental health illness have almost doubled since 2010/11, official figures show. And around two-thirds of the patients were unable to be
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A former children’s home manager has been charged with committing 11 historical sexual offences. Warwickshire Police said Robert Brown, 67, has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault, one
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A health minister has defended local authorities using an auction system that invites care homes to bid to offer places to elderly and disabled patients. Reports this week revealed that
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The UK’s health regulator has issued guidance to families thinking of setting up hidden cameras to check up on the care of their loved ones in hospitals and homes. The
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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the unexplained death of a man in his 80s at a care home, police have said. A woman in her
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The next government’s stance on social care could make or break the NHS, according to social policy expert and campaigner Professor Peter Beresford OBE. As the media increasingly reports on
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