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Patients previously saw specialist paediatrician or psychiatrist. Premier says change will ‘break cycle of people having to wait years for life-altering diagnosis’

Helen McDavitt, 52, dedicated herself to dementia care after her grandmother and father both died from the disease

Talking therapies save lives, keep people out of hospital, help them back into work. So why is NHS England cutting them in its ‘financial reset’?

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Children in Great Britain with serious conditions 68% more likely to have limited ability to work as adults, report says

Academics have been divided on its efficacy but the teaching method is being widely adopted – and one principal calls it a ‘great equaliser’

New research has found what could be the first marker for the most common form of dementia

U.S. health officials have endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s

According to surveys, 20.9% to 43.2% of physicians meet the criteria for depression. Burnout affects nearly half, driven largely by administrative overload and long hours. And substance use, estimated between 10% and 15%, is widely believed to be underreported.