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Child and adolescent mental health services have highest vacancy rates of any psychiatric specialism

Consultant psychiatrist on why early intervention is key and why delays are unacceptable

Plans aimed for an extra 1.5 million treatments to be completed by the end of 2024 seem “unlikely” to be met, the NAO said

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Conservative leader says there needs to be a ‘plan not just a promise’ beyond leaving the ECHR

Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss express opposition to change in law as MPs prepare to vote

Exclusive: Dr Liam Fox has warned that the safeguards included in the bill are ‘completely false’ – his intervention follows opposition from Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liz Truss and polling that reveals public concern over whether the NHS is fit to deliver assisted dying

In today’s newsletter: Our environment reporter on what went wrong following Storm Bert and whether widespread flooding might make the government to face up to the country’s leaky defences

Before she retired in 2014, Alexandra McTeare had worked for the NHS for 30 years – and always believed in public healthcare. But when she experienced severe pain, she was forced to consider difficult choices