Seeing the same doctor and having a dedicated care plan has a significant beneficial impact on people with a severe mental illness, a major study has found. The study tracked
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A new report from Middlesex University finds that “poor adult skills” in the NHS and Social Care workforce get in the way of effective person-centred care and stop people getting
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The University of Wolverhampton is growing the number of mental health nurses it trains through a new partnership with the Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (MPFT). The link will boost
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Health funding will be boosted by £26 billion under a Labour government which will cover the cost by taxing the richest in society, the party has pledged. Labour said its
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Frank Dobson, Tony Blair’s first health secretary after the landslide Labour victory in 1997, has died at the age of 79. The Yorkshire-born politician resigned from the House of Commons
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Health workers in Northern Ireland have voted for strike action. Trade union Unison said its ballot focused on pay and staffing levels. The union’s elected representatives across the health system
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GPs no longer have the capacity to offer home visits and a separate arrangement is needed for patients, doctors have said. Kent local medical committee (LMC), an independent body which
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A paramedic has denied 10 sexual offences against four women, including the alleged rape of one patient. Andrew Wheeler, 45, who is due to stand trial next year, denies seven
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A charity is calling for greater focus on mental health treatment after figures suggest the NHS cancelled 175,000 appointments for children and young people in the past year. Mental health
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Around 1.5 million older people in England have an unmet need for social care, a charity has warned. Age UK estimates that one in seven people aged 65 and over
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