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Exclusive: Children as young as three in emergency departments for mental health problems, data obtained by Labour revealsChildren suffering mental health crises spent more than 900,000 hours in A&E in England last year seeking urgent and potential…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereRishi Sunak has recorded a TV interview this morning, and he has had to explain that, unlike his party’s new deputy chairman, he is not in favour of the death penalty. The full clip has…
National Audit Office praises expansion of care but says soaring demand means delays will persistMillions of people in England with mental ill-health are not seeking NHS help, and many who get it face long delays and a “poor experience”, a report says….
Waiting lists will flatline rather than fall despite being one of PM’s priorities for the year, says IFSNHS waiting lists are unlikely to fall in 2023, and the backlog is unlikely to be significantly tackled until mid-2024 despite being one of Rishi Su…
Lack of mental health placement in England part of chronic shortage of secure accommodation for vulnerable childrenA mother who has seen her suicidal 12-year-old daughter shuttled between placements and then held in a locked and windowless hospital roo…
Rishi Sunak urged to ‘come to the table and negotiate’ after biggest strike day in NHS historyUK politics live – latest news updatesNurses are to continue industrial action on Tuesday after the government was accused of being “on strike” itself during …
GMB’s Rachel Harrison says staff will not be ‘fobbed off’ by PM ‘kicking the can’ into next year’s pay roundA health union leader has described Rishi Sunak as deluded for suggesting NHS staff should abandon their campaign to secure a bigger pay rise th…
UK’s shortest-serving prime minister says she ‘learned a lot’ from time in government but does not want top job again. This live blog is now closedSharon Graham, the Unite general secretary, has also criticised ministers again for refusing to engage in…
RCN says hundreds of thousands of nurses are striking, with ambulance workers also taking actionA union leader has accused the government of choosing to “punish” nurses after a health minister insisted there would be no re-examination of NHS pay for th…
Unions say government making no moves to resolve dispute as staff in England prepare for biggest strikes in service’s historyDeadlock over NHS pay is putting patients in danger and risks hardening the position of unions, ten chief nurses have warned on…