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Clinicians rank patients’ views as least important in diagnosis, study shows

Experts have called for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ after a ...

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New gene therapy could significantly reduce seizures in severe childhood epilepsy

UCL researchers say they have developed a new gene therapy to cure a devastating form ...

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Improvements in avoidable deaths among people with learning disabilities, experts say

The 2022 LeDeR report, which seeks to investigate and learn from the avoidable deaths of ...

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International expert group publishes recommendations on children’s medicine development

A major group of international experts and patients have defined new parameters for the development ...

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Scotland passes amended UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Bill

A Bill to provide greater protection of children’s rights has been passed by the Scottish ...

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Government confirms plans to protect care home, hospital and hospice visiting

Visits to see loved ones in care homes, hospitals and hospices will be better protected ...

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Consultation launched on relaxing pharmacy medicine supply rules

Plans to make better use of pharmacies and improve access to primary care have been ...

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Police not doing enough to tackle group-based child sexual exploitation, report finds

The police response to group-based child sexual exploitation is not good enough because forces don’t ...

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Education committee to investigate children’s social care reforms

The House of Commons education committee has launched an inquiry into reform of the children’s ...

Headlines Physical Disabilities

More than 10,000 autistic adults not receiving social care they need

More than 10,000 people are not receiving the care they are legally entitled to, putting ...