More than one in four children and young people referred to specialist mental health services are rejected for treatment, according to a new report. The Education Policy Institute (EPI), which
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Scientists have developed a test that uses a smartphone camera to diagnose urinary tract infections in 25 minutes. The technology, by biological engineers at the University of Bath, identifies the
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More than a third of GPs have cut their hours in the last year, with many blaming the demands of the job, according to a new report. An annual workforce
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A GP who cited the cases of Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instill fear in his patients is facing jail for molesting 23 female patients. Dr Manish Shah (pictured)
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Women should be able to take abortion pills in their own home without seeing a doctor face-to-face, leading medics have said. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) says
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The UK lags behind nine other high-income countries when it comes to health service spending, outcomes and how much time doctors spend with patients, research has suggested. The study, published
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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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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 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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The number of infections that do not respond to antibiotics has risen 9% in one year, Public Health England (PHE) has warned. There were an estimated 61,000 antibiotic-resistant infections in
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