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The PM, Theresa May, has pledged to support teenagers through a new strategy and better access to help. “The ‘National Citizens Service’ will build in mental health awareness”, she declared. She also added that, “10,000 …

A University graduate from Guildford has launched a petition calling on the Government to increase funding for NHS mental health services. Ben Hammond, 22, was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder more than two months ago. …

Arthritis costs the UK healthcare system over £10billion a year! And it is estimated that £118.6billion will be spent on the condition over the course of the next decade. The two most common forms, osteoarthritis …

The NHS has set up a scheme to help whistleblowers back into employment. But it has been criticised, prior to launch, as nothing more than a ‘PR vehicle’. The nationwide pilot scheme, with a £100,000 …

People with long term gum disease are more likely to develop dementia, researchers have found. Scientists believe that inflammation caused by years of mouth problems could eventually damage the brain. Although the study of 20,000 …

Many private hospitals are gaining from getting tax breaks whilst NHS units don’t. More than a quarter of the 457 private hospitals receive rate relief of 80 per cent because they are registered as charities. …

A safe bed has at last been found for a suicidal teenager whose case prompted a High Court judge to condemn care provision as a disgrace. In his ruling, Sir James Munby, the most senior …

The number of prescriptions for diabetes has risen by more than three quarters in a decade and now costs the NHS almost £1 billion per year. Amazing as it may seem 52 million prescriptions were …

Sounds great but could this law actually be toothless? For a start it only applies to vehicles that are designated as wheelchair accessible and will apply to both taxis and private hire vehicles. It’s a …

Scientists are developing a ‘ninja’ drug that targets toxic proteins in the brain that could stop Alzheimer’s in its tracks. Early tests have been hopeful and show that the drug halts the chemical process that kills …