Technology
NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses
Tag
#Society
Technology
Two-year waiting times highlight NHS struggle with rise in ADHD and autism awareness
NHS assessment bottlenecks have knock-on effects, leading to delays in medical help and lack of access to specialist sup...
Technology
‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-ba...
Technology
‘Her mental health deteriorated’: family forced to wait years for autism diagnosis
A mother describes the frustration of endless waiting lists and difficulties getting appointments so her teenage daughte...
World
From idealists to struggling sceptics: how Labour’s majority depends on five progressive voter types – in charts
Analysis reveals groups with sharply contrasting priorities – and who has drifted the most from Labour towards Greens an...
Technology
Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing...
Technology
Millions in England unaware they have ‘silent killer’ high blood pressure, research reveals
Approach to treating high blood pressure ‘not fit for purpose’, say researchers, with 59% of cases undiagnosed
Technology
Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’
Proposals aim to push people into work, but charities say families are still paying price of austerity cuts and rise in...
Technology
Save the Children officially warned by regulator over staff put at risk in Yemen
Warning from Charity Commission for England and Wales concludes two-year investigation after death of Hisham al-Hakimi i...
Technology
Trans row nurse tells tribunal she ‘felt discriminated against’ by her union
Sandie Peggie accuses RCN of failing to adequately support her in dispute over sharing women’s changing room with trans...
Technology
New powerful synthetic opioids behind sharp rise in Scottish drug deaths
Eleven per cent increase in fatalities last year partly down to presence of nitazenes in Scotland’s illicit drug market
Technology
A tale of two trap houses: being cuckooed ruined my friend’s life – but did it then help save him?
The long read: Drug gangs have moved off Britain’s streets and into vulnerable people’s homes. Addicts like my friend ar...