Mental health inquiry reveals security failures

Psychiatric wards: Mental health inquiry reveals security failures

NHS psychiatric hospitals are failing to stop thousands of patients a year from absconding during periods of compulsory detention under the Mental Health Act, the Healthcare Commission revealed last night.

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Boozing costs Britain £25.billion

The drinks industry was given a final warning yesterday as figures revealed boozing costs Britain a huge £25.1billion a year.

The NHS forks out £2.7billion patching up injured drunks and treating diseases caused by drinking.

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1 in 5 kids carries a weapon

ONE in five teens admits carrying a weapon — far more than Government figures claim, a survey revealed yesterday.

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Doctors face loss of licence in annual assessments

Britain’s 150,000 doctors are to face annual assessments to identify poor performers who will be stripped of their licences, under a proposal to be outlined today.

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Mental illness from the frontline

A variety of patients are admitted to dedicated inpatient wards every week suffering from a range of mental illness — severe depression, schizophrenia, psychoses.

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Failure to tackle the squalid living conditions endured by exploited migrant workers could create a major public health hazard.