Killer Steven Beards will serve at least 33 years in prison after luring a student with learning difficulties to his wife’s bungalow then drugging, raping and murdering her. Susan Whiting
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A family focused approach to supporting parents with mental illness, their children and families is the best way to ensure positive outcomes for families affected by mental illness. That’s according
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In a joint project between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester researchers have examined the initial trial of a smartphone application designed to help people manage their problems. The ‘Catch
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The number of mental health patients in England having to travel outside their area to get a hospital bed has gone up by 13% in the last year. Nearly 5,500
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have punched home their message of support for the nation’s mental health sufferers as they launched an initiative to tackle the
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has voiced her support for a new report highlighting the plight of many poverty-stricken pensioners. The report, from charity Independent Age, suggests thousands of
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New film shows how to engage communities, build social capital, and change the relationship between state and citizen Local authorities and service providers are finding cost-effective ways of working with
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Funding to provide free bus travel for the elderly and disabled in England has been cut by 40% forcing cash-strapped councils to subsidise the scheme, peers have heard. Labour has
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A learning disability charity is calling on a dating website to remove an “inappropriate, offensive and discriminatory” question from its site. Mencap has said OkCupid asks users as part of
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An NHS trust failed a man with mental health problems before he murdered a retired solicitor on a road following a minor car crash, a court heard. Relatives of Matthew
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