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What can be done to improve life chances and health outcomes for people with Down’s Syndrome?
Those living with Down Syndrome and other learning disabilities have long faced poorer life chances, health outcomes and a life expectancy around 20 years lower than the average. What can be done to improve the picture was a question that our reporter, Ruben Reuter, put to politicians in charge when he went along to a…
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Covid Inquiry: Ex-Welsh Health Minister questioned over missing WhatsApp messages
The Welsh health minister during the Covid pandemic has admitted that losing his WhatsApp messages is a “real embarrassment”. Vaughan Gething told the UK Covid Inquiry that his messages were wiped in 2022 during a phone upgrade. On Saturday he will find out if he has won the contest to become Welsh Labour leader and…
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Mental health care provider fined £650k over patient death
The father of a man who died while in the care of the Priory has described it as a ‘fundamentally dangerous company’.
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NHS crisis Scotland: mental health service waits costing lives
NHS waiting times have worsened over the past decade in SNP-run Scotland. So how is that affecting people trying to access health services in Scotland?
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‘Catastrophic and dire’ healthcare in Gaza
We spoke to Nebal Farsakh who is a spokesperson for the Palestine Red Crescent Society and we began by asking her to paint us a picture of what healthcare is like now in Gaza.
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‘I want to apologise for delays’, says Wales’ health minister on long wait for NHS tests
We spoke to Wales’ health minister, Eluned Morgan.
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£11,000 iPad data bill scandal forces Scottish health minister to resign
Scotland’s Health Secretary has resigned following a backlash over the £11,000 roaming data bill racked up on his parliamentary iPad.
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Government should declare ‘national health and care emergency’, says BMJ
The UK government should declare a “national health and care emergency” – according to the British Medical Journal, whose report into the future of the NHS says the entire service is facing an existential crisis.
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Tom Odell on mental health and social media
The Brit award-winning musician Tom Odell’s best known song Another Love has racked up more than a billion streams – and formed the soundtrack to countless social media videos, including many about Russia’s war in Ukraine. Now the British singer songwriter’s released his new album – Black Friday.
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‘Health service in Northern Ireland on a death spiral’, says Chair of BMA Northern Ireland
So what’s it been like to work in the public sector without a functioning government? We are joined by Dr Tom Black, who chairs the BMA Northern Ireland committee and Jaquie White, who’s head of the Ulster teachers union.
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‘Children should never vape – it’s got incredibly bad consequences for them’, says Health Minister Andrea Leadsom
We spoke to the Government’s Minister for Public Health, Andrea Leadsom.
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‘There’s always nuance in crime related to mental health,’ says West Midlands police federation
We spoke to Police Sergeant Richard Cooke who chairs the Police Federation in the West Midlands and asked first for his reaction to the case today in Nottingham.
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Health service facing ‘perfect storm’ says chair of Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Earlier we spoke to the Conservative MP Robert Buckland, who’s chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
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Inside a Northern Ireland health and social care system in crisis
It’s not just waiting times at A&E: Northern Ireland’s entire health and social care system is in crisis – from general practices facing closure, to cancer diagnosis delays. It’s been almost two years since Northern Ireland’s devolved government collapsed – and healthcare professionals warn that things will only get worse, if the political deadlock isn’t…
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‘Deliciously’ Ella Mills on healthy eating & society’s toxic relationship with ultra-processed foods
Ella Mills tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the story behind Deliciously Ella, why a change in our diets towards more fresh, plant-based foods cannot happen unless the government steps in, and talks about acknowledging the difference between her privilege and her business success, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
