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Richard said: “It’s a horrible thing at Bex’s young age to have to go through, so if we can stop one person, one single person, having to go through this journey, and finding it earlier would stop that, then it’s a win for us, so that’s why it really means something to us. “
Childrens early development at risk with year-long NHS waits
Nick Triggle,Health correspondentand Elena Bailey,Health reporter Getty Images Tens of thousands of children in England have spent more than a year waiting for NHS community care such as hearing services, speech and language therapy and disability support, the BBC has found. The analysis shows a quarter of the 300,000 children on waiting lists have been…
Assisted dying law approved in Jersey
She said she was sceptical of the motives of peers who have tabled amendments to the legislation, saying “sometimes I wonder if people who are emotionally, or perhaps through their own background, opposed to assisted dying, find all these other explanations where the truth is that they would never find an amendment that would satisfy…
Life being stressful is not an illness – GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Catherine Burns,Health correspondent, Vicki Loader,Health producerand Harriet Agerholm Getty Images Hundreds of GPs across England have told the BBC they think mental health problems are being over-diagnosed. One commonly-held view by family doctors, our research suggests, is that society tends to over-medicalise normal life stresses. But they’re also concerned about how hard it is to…
