Category: Health
How counselling boosts wellbeing
Health Insurance Forum Single-Payer Health Insurance Forum How counselling boosts wellbeing Children & Young People Now is an essential resource for anyone involved in work with children, young people and families. Online and in print, it delivers the latest news, analysis, opinion and jobs across social care, health, education, childcare and early years, youth work, [...]
Survey finds GPs miss signs of cancer in more than a quarter of cases
Survey finds GPs miss signs of cancer in more than a quarter of cases GPs are failing to spot the signs of cancer among young people the Teenage Cancer Trust has warned after a survey revealed that a quarter of young cancer sufferers were turned away as many as four times before being referred to [...]
NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children’s charities
NCB estimates cuts of up to £405m for children’s charities Children and young people’s charities face funding cuts of almost £405m over the five years up to 2015/16, the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has estimated. The charity’s Beyond the Cuts report found that compared to the voluntary sector as a whole, the 34,000 children’s charities [...]
A hidden problem
A hidden problem A hidden problem If death rates had increased from most causes, there would have been a huge national outcry and debate, ministers’ jobs would have been on the line, and ‘something would have been done’. I reflect, for example, on the recent problems with breast implants, which are almost exclusivity a cosmetic operation carried out [...]
UK Border Agency suspends asylum X-ray pilot
UK Border Agency suspends asylum X-ray pilot The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has suspended plans to pilot the use of dental X-ray assessments on age-disputed asylum-seekers. The four UK children’s commissioners believe the trial could put children at risk of unnecessary exposure to medical radiation Zilla Bowell, director of asylum at UKBA, confirmed the trial [...]