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Miliband escalates NHS attack - Politics.co.uk17th February 2012, 11:12am |
Mental health services should not be the 'poor relation' in the NHS anymore, say charity. On the eve of the second reading of the much maligned Health and Social Care Bill a new poll by Unite the union has shown that over 90 per cent of people do not ...
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Market moves: MGAs making the moves - Post Online
16th February 2012, 12:10am |
In the boardroom, Higos Insurance Services has named Dean Fathers as a non-executive director. Fathers is also a board member of the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and the chairman of Nottinghamshire Healthcare. Irwin Mitchell has appointed ...
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This is simply encouraging very young girls to have sex - Belfast Telegraph
15th February 2012, 8:04am |
And even if a young girl is protected from pregnancy - the Hampshire Health Service Trust has said they are confident that there is already a reduction in young teenage pregnancies - it still leaves her vulnerable to sexually transmitted disease, ...
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'This is not just a prison. This is Barlinnie' - Scotland on Sunday
14th February 2012, 12:51am |
D Hall holds prisoners with mental health issues. Mostly, they are not so ill that they can be sectioned, but not well enough to be safely out in the community, so here they remain. The governor points out one disturbing, shambling figure in particular ...
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Norgrove – The Response - Family Law Week
12th February 2012, 6:36pm |
Those cases that do reach the court are by definition the most acrimonious, or cases with additional difficulties such as domestic violence, mental health issues or drug and alcohol misuse. It therefore remains to be seen how successful mediation will ...
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Think about having five meaningful conversations a day - Independent Catholic News
07th February 2012, 1:25pm |
At the opening of the Mental Health Conference in Leeds last weekend, delegates were asked to think about having five meaningful conversations a day, in addition to the daily intake of five fruit and vegetables. Participants came from across the ...
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Growing up fat is no fun: Childhood obesity is on the rise and parents ... - Daily Mail
06th February 2012, 11:44pm |
Apart from all the social and emotional problems of being a fat kid, health risks also abound. Childhood and teenage obesity is dangerously on the rise throughout the country. In addition to the risk of early death, obese teenagers are also at an ...
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Older parents more likely to have an autistic child... but scientists are ... - Mail on Sunday
03rd February 2012, 11:23am |
The findings, from University of Aarhus School of Public Health in Denmark, cast doubt on the theory that older sperm or eggs have more mutations that could increase the odds of having a child develop autism. Study leader Erik Thorlund Parner said if ...
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Scottish Parliament debates Drumbrae Library and Community Hub - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
02nd February 2012, 7:43am |
When I was there between 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock, there were children, mums and dads with prams, and pensioners, all going into the building that they had been promised. The building represents was a fantastic achievement by many people who have ...
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A mother's love can boost a child's brainpower, study shows - Daily Mail
01st February 2012, 4:08am |
For the study, the researchers conducted brain scans on 92 of the children who had had symptoms of depression or were mentally healthy when they were studied as preschoolers. The imaging revealed that children without depression who had been nurtured ...
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