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Headlines Physical Disabilities

Children risk ‘fatal’ development if mothers have been subject to abuse

A new, first-of-its-kind study has uncovered that children are more likely to suffer with asthma, ADHD, autism or depression if their mother has experienced maltreatment.

Headlines Young People

Violence at home ‘funnels’ children into crime, report finds

A new report from Queensland displays children who experience violence at home, have limited access

Headlines Mental Health

Warning issued to a hospital trust over poor mental health care

A warning notice has been issued to a hospital trust after inspectors said care given

Headlines Mental Health

Belfast launches first photography conference to assist with mental health support

Looking through a different lens, this year Belfast Exposed will launch the first of its

Headlines In Practice

Somerset becomes first local authority to use Electronic Patient Record System

Somerset County Council has deployed an electronic patient record system (EPR) in a bid to

Headlines Health

Decongestion can potentially cause serious brain side effects

Health experts are assessing rare but potentially severe side effects of nasal decongestants bought in

Features & Opinion Headlines

Opinion: Stable homes cannot be built on love alone

Rob Finney, Chief Operating Officer at Tristone Healthcare – an organisation committed to the growth

Children Headlines Recruitment & Retention

DfE figures for children’s social work workforce show vacancies up 21%

The Department for Education have released the findings of its annual census of local authorities

Care Headlines

New research increases hope for difficult-to-cure cancer treatment

Experts from a university in Denmark have discovered a promising new treatment method that can be used for fusion-driven cancers.

Headlines Health

NHS bosses call for cancer wait time targets to be reduced

The government have continuously failed to meet cancer wait time targets, prompting NHS professionals to

Adult Headlines

NHS states they can’t take anymore as junior doctors strike

Junior doctors in England have launched their fifth round of industrial action today, with thousands

Headlines Health

WHO declares new Covid-19 strain of interest as cases rise globally

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is asking countries to monitor a new sub-variant of Covid

Children Headlines

NSPCC urged the government to protect abused children during the summer holidays

The leading children’s charity is calling on authorities to provide more support for children who

Headlines Health

Health is wealth: new weight loss drug helps to improve heart conditions

Amidst a clinical trial researchers discovered a new weight loss drug can reduce the risk

Headlines Physical Disabilities

900% rise in private autism and ADHD assessment searches, research finds

Recent data has exposed within the last three months google searches for private autism tests

Care Headlines

Winter Covid-19 vaccines scrapped for under 65s

For the first time since the pandemic began COVID vaccines will not be offered to