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Image source, Lampard InquiryImage caption, Brian O’Donnell told the Lampard Inquiry he had worked in child and adolescent mental health services in Essex for more than 20 years By East of England health correspondent A senior clinical manager at the trust that runs mental health services in Essex says he was told 4,000 unresolved patient…

An NHS trust at the centre of concerns over its poor maternity services has had to repay almost £5m after wrongly claiming it provided safe care to mothers and their babies. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was paid the money after saying its services met safe standards of care and staffing. But a subsequent investigation…

A hospital boss has apologised after a Kent emergency department resorted to using its cafe as a makeshift ward. A&E staff at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford decided to screen off the building’s cafe on Tuesday to create space for treating patients. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said the move was due to…

Newcastle United Foundation has painted benches in the city’s Leazes Park to highlight mental health and encourage fans to talk to each other. Defender Dan Burn spoke to BBC Sport about the work being done and how important it is to “check in”. If you have been affected by any of the issues in this…

Kim Kardashian recently got candid about her health issues in an Instagram update. In the post, Kardashian voiced how her body was “breaking down,” making the update feel especially personal. She didn’t hold back about the pain she has faced over the last couple of years, and how she finally found something that worked. Kim…