Valuable research at a North East university is in danger of not going ahead because of a lack of voices from a too often silent population. Male domestic violence is
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A disabled man says he plans to sue after a High Court judge gave medics permission to take him from home to hospital and authorised the use of force. Aamir
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The Independent Living Fund (ILF) Scotland have announced the co-production process for the new fund is now underway with applications for new recipients set to open in early 2017. As part
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To mark Delirium Awareness Week (14 to 21 June), the HSC Safety Forum, part of the Public Health Agency (PHA), and Dementia Together NI, with the support of James Nesbitt,
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In his first day in office, the new Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland has outlined his commitment to tackling financial abuse against older people. Eddie Lynch said: “I
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A report into the impact of mental health problems on personal finances has called on retailers and the financial industry to help fix the “toxic relationship”. Almost three quarters of
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published her latest Impact and Reach Report, which sets out the wide range of issues her office undertook during 2015-16 to drive change
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The number of days patients remain in hospital because of bed blocking has risen by a third in recent years, highlighting the scale of the crisis, a report has revealed.
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A new blood test could be a first step towards personalised treatment for depression, say scientists. The test accurately predicts whether or not patients will respond to common antidepressant drugs.
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The majority of health boards have failed to meet the treatment-time target for psychological therapies, official figures show. Just five of Scotland’s 14 boards met the requirement to see at
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