Despite this, there is concern among health chiefs that young people are being branded with mental health diagnoses ...

Children and young people with high levels of mental health needs are struggling to receive the help they need, or to have their difficulties recognized, according to a new study.

The AHA’s Societal Factors that Influence Health Framework is designed to guide hospitals’ strategies to identify patients' social needs, the social drivers of health in their communities and the ...

A CORONER has judged that failures by the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust in the care of an 18-year-old in a Carlisle ...

A coroner has called for a Surrey prison to take action after finding “serious failings” contributed to a man’s suicide.

FRESH data shows a “troubling” increase in the number of people admitted to hospital with health problems caused by dangerous vitamin deficiencies. There’s been a dramatic rise ...

The NHS has sounded the alarm, urging people to "stay home" if they catch the norovirus as cases of the dreaded winter vomiting bug hit peak levels. Health chiefs have noted a persistent rise in ...

More than 700,000 days of nursing and midwifery staff time have been lost due to mental ill health since ... lost across the 14 territorial health boards. NHS Lanarkshire had the highest total ...

The NHS in England is facing an “uphill battle” with demand for gambling addiction help more than doubling since last year. Referrals have gone up almost 130%, with almost 2,000 people referred to ...

Progress in addressing mental health is notoriously slow and mostly incremental. Breakthrough treatments tend to be rare, and trained professionals too few to meet the demand for services ...

He said NHS staff would be working hard throughout the festive season to provide care for those most in need. Anyone in need of emergency help should contact 999, or 111 for less urgent health needs.

Dr Zainib Khan, consultant psychiatrist at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS, said: “Having a mental illness - whether it is an issue with mood, anxiety, trauma or psychosis - carries a lot ...