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WHO warns Israel to protect health care as airstrikes hit close to hospitals in Gaza
The Palestine Red Crescent says four of its members have been killed in a strike on an ambulance in central Gaza.
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Thousands with autism and learning disabilities stuck in mental health hospitals
More than 2,000 people with autism and learning disabilities are stuck in mental health hospitals across England, despite repeated Government promises to end the practice.
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‘One shower for 4,000 people’ in Gaza hospital, says World Health Organisation
We spoke to Tarik Jasarevic from the World Health Organisation, which says people in Gaza who need medical treatment aren’t getting it.
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Ren: The Welsh singer songwriter who’s gone viral by baring his soul on mental health and vulnerability
Even without a record label, the Welsh musician Ren has developed a following of millions. People around the world have connected with his candour about his physical and mental health struggles – sending his new album to the top of the UK chart.
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Maternity services at Derbyshire NHS trust rated inadequate by health watchdog
Maternity services at an NHS trust in Derbyshire have been rated inadequate by the health watchdog.
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The struggle for women’s healthcare in the Scottish Highlands
There are inevitable challenges to providing healthcare to the 25,000 or so people living in Caithness in the Scottish Highlands, but imagine having to drive three hours down one of the UK’s most dangerous roads to give birth, or get urgent women’s healthcare.
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‘NHS England need to take mental health services seriously’, says health policy analyst
We spoke to the health policy analyst Roy Lilley, a former vice chair of West Surrey and North East Hampshire Health Authority.
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‘It’s like torture’ – Patient with autism fears for his safety in mental health units
People with autism and learning difficulties should be moved from institutions into the community, the government promised a decade ago.
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Anger as Mental Health Act reform ignored in government’s King’s Speech
Campaigners and senior politicians are angry that the government appears to have shelved long-promised legislation to modernise the Mental Health Act. They’d been calling for a new law to outlaw inappropriate detention of people with learning disabilities. A white paper was published nearly three years ago.
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Revealed: CPS reviewing cases involving defendants with mental health issues
This programme understands that the Crown Prosecution Service is reviewing some cases where mental health was a factor and is considering whether those convictions are, in fact, in the public interest.
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Mental health crisis: patients left for days in A&E as hospitals struggle to cope
Mental health patients in crisis are spending days and days in England’s emergency departments before getting appropriate care.
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Gaza hospitals on verge of collapse with health workers among those killed in strikes
Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering in hospitals across Gaza. But with fuel for generators expected to run out in the next 24 hours, they’re on the verge of collapse.
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‘At some point negotiations have to end’, says health committee chair
We spoke to the Conservative MP Steve Brine, who chairs the Health and Social Care Committee.
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Alice Litman: Family pays tribute as inquest expected to look into delays to her receiving gender-affirming health care
The mother of a young transgender woman who took her own life has paid tribute at the inquest into her daughter’s death – describing her as “full of beauty and grace”.
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Inside the police scheme helping people get mental health support
Police forces say they’re spending too much time with people in crisis who’d be better off being cared for by mental health professionals. That led Humberside Police to develop a scheme called Right Care Right Person, which triages calls to the appropriate services. The government wants to roll it out nationwide – but mental health…