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At least four experts quit Great Ormond Street team after disputes over text of training module for recruits, sources say A string of resignations from a team preparing for the launch of the new NHS children’s gender clinic has further complicated plans to open the services in April.Disagreements over the text of a training module for medical recruits to the new gender service have...

Welsh NHS Confederation warns stoppage coincides with one of ‘most pressurised weeks of the year’Junior doctors across Wales are starting a three-day strike over pay as the Welsh government and hospital leaders warned of the pressures that health services are under.During the stoppage, which is due to begin at 7am on Monday and last until 7am on Thursday, more than 3,000 doctors could take...

Charities say not extending Awaab’s law to asylum housing ‘totally unacceptable’ and will create two-tier systemAccommodation used to house tens of thousands of asylum seekers, often the worst in the UK when it comes to damp and mould, will be excluded from a crackdown on landlords managing social housing, the Guardian has learned.Following the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak from prolonged exposure to black...

Bone strength is set in childhood so better park access could prevent fractures in older people, study findsChildren with more green space near their homes have significantly stronger bones, a study has found, potentially leading to lifelong health benefits.The scientists found that the children living in places with 20-25% more natural areas had increased bone strength that was equivalent to half a year’s natural...

Exclusive: Review ordered by police commissioner Karen Webb after string of fatalities last year is more than two months overdueNew South Wales police have failed to hand a promised review of the way they respond to mental health crises to the government, as pressure again mounts on the force to enact reforms after the fatal shooting of a mentally unwell man.Alexander Stuart Pinnock died...

Experts say being discharged prematurely can be ‘disastrous’, setting back chances of full recoveryThousands of patients are being readmitted to NHS mental health units in England every year soon after being discharged, raising concerns about poor care, bed shortages and increased risk of suicide.Experts say being discharged prematurely can be upsetting, set back the patient’s chances of making a full recovery and be “disastrous”...

Royal College of Physicians urges government to introduce new law amid rising damp, mould and leaks in social housing‘I considered putting my kid into care’: one London family’s fight against mouldThe Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has called on Michael Gove to accelerate a promised crackdown on landlords failing to fix tens of thousands of mouldy homes with a warning that unless laws are...