Statins will be given to more adults at risk of heart attacks and strokes under new plans to prevent thousands of cases. Health officials want to increase the number of
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People with schizophrenia are being let down by health services, a charity has claimed. There is a lack of focus on the severe mental health condition and “little has changed”
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Nearly all local authorities in England are planning to raise council tax in the year ahead while vital services remain under pressure, a survey has found. The survey, by the
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Up to 60,000 UK cases of adult depression could potentially be avoided if teenagers did not smoke cannabis, new research suggests. Smoking the drug before the age of 18 is
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A man arrested after a severe fire ripped through a mental health unit has been freed after questioning. Staffordshire Police said the 43-year-old, who was held on suspicion of arson,
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The Duke of Cambridge marked becoming royal patron of a homeless charity by serving lunch to its clients – and quipped he was on trial for a job. Wearing an
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Britons are “overwhelmingly negative” about old age with 50% of people admitting they are worried about growing old, according to a new study. A new global study also found that
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Up to 2.8 million health and social care staff, from consultants to porters, who regularly have contact with patients or service users could be legally required to undertake special learning
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A “lost generation” of children are falling a whole grade behind their hearing classmates at GCSE, the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has warned. The charity says that less than
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Upskirting has been made a specific criminal offence after a Bill to ban the cruel craze received Royal Assent in the House of Lords. People convicted of taking an image
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