Health services and councils are often failing to provide support for children with mental health issues in social care, MPs have found. A report by the Commons Education Committee found
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Medics want a High Court judge’s permission to provide only palliative care to a ”profoundly neurologically disabled” two-year-old boy they say grimaces but no longer giggles when tickled. NHS hospital
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A “shocking” 1.25 million people in the UK were classed as destitute last year, including 300,000 children, according to a new study. Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that
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Thousands of junior doctors are staging the first all-out strike in the history of the NHS after the Health Secretary made it clear a new contract will go ahead. Jeremy
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Rail tickets are to feature the Samaritans’ logo and phone number as part of a campaign to cut suicides. The printing will appear on the back of paper tickets, along
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The Government has killed off an attempt by peers to make Britain offer sanctuary to 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees from Europe despite concern from Tory backbenchers. Suggestions that Tory rebels
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A man whose son was placed for adoption could be jailed after social services bosses complained that he harassed staff and placed material on the internet identifying the youngster. One
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End-of-life care in England is heading for a “meltdown”, a leading cancer charity has warned. Many dying patients are not getting proper pain relief, they are not being involved in
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Health officials have given the green light to a new drug that can “transform” the lives of people living with heart failure. Around 100,000 people will benefit from using the
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Violence has soared at an inner-city jail fuelled by a flood of so-called “legal highs”, an inspection report found. There was an average of 32 assaults on prisoners and staff
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