Wellbeing Weekly — Health, NHS, and education news.
Of course there are great results to celebrate, reflecting fantastic effort by young people and their teachers that should not be forgotten. However, there are also layers of young talent left unfulfilled, and the…
For the first time on record , temperatures topped 35°C in May, June and July this year. This spring was the warmest on record for England and Wales, and June was England’s warmest on record too. We are only halfway…
The move comes amid concerns that only two-thirds of women attend in-person cervical screening appointments when asked to do so, leaving as many as 4 million women not up to date. The rollout is being described as a…
Over the next year, nearly four million will receive invites on the NHS App or via text message, email or letter to order a free kit to use at home. Figures show around a third of women who are eligible cervical cancer…
The NHS is starting to roll out the new self-testing kits from today to encourage more women to complete their potentially lifesaving screening to detect human papillomavirus (HPV), which can increase the risk of…
Comes as an independent expert-led review shines a light on the tragic deaths of too many young people who left the care system. Review findings set out where government, local authorities and others must step up, so…
The analysis uses the Office for National Statistics figures that record, for each UK nation, the portion of student lending that is never expected to be repaid – spending that has counted as public expenditure since a…
"The way she described this as happening is that she heard a voice that she'd never heard before, experienced a hallucination and she's never experienced it since," Heilbrun said during his testimony. "To put it mildly…
More than 1.7bn people have musculoskeletal conditions worldwide. While prevalence varies by age and diagnosis, people of all ages in every country and every continent are affected. Musculoskeletal conditions…
Officials announced the outbreak after documenting more than three dozen cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin. On Friday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the agency was aware of at least 55 cases…