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Psychiatric residential treatment centers in North Carolina will test a new de-escalation method for dealing with youth in crisis, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced last week. Commonly known as PRTFs, these facilities offer inpatient treatment for children with complex behavioral health needs. When one of these patients gets angry or agitated,…
Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be beyond belief, says Starmer
EPA Sir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with “reckless” strikes planned for next week, saying it is “beyond belief” they could take place during a flu outbreak. The prime minister said the NHS is in its “most precarious moment” since the coronavirus pandemic due to soaring flu cases across the…
Arranging social care can be horrendous, Baroness Casey tells BBC
The independent commission started work last summer. It has been examining the problems facing the care system in England and is due to produce a report this year with a plan for how to create a National Care Service. Phase two, which will look at how social care is funded in the longer term, is…
Ella Langley Says She’s Canceling Her August Concerts to ‘Focus on My Health’
The country star was to open for Morgan Wallen this weekend Since releasing her debut album last year, Ella Langley and her spunky New Traditionalist country have left their mark on Nashville. But the rocket ship may have been moving too fast: On Instagram on Monday, Langley, who took home five trophies at this spring’s…
Hundreds of hospice beds unused amid financial crisis
Some 380 hospice beds out of around 2,000 lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses. Hospice UK has told BBC News this is up from 300 a year ago and illustrates the severe challenges facing the sector. Beds are left empty to save money – since staffing and caring is costly –…
