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• Labour pledges to reform Mental Health Act if elected

  13-11-2023 23:05
  
  The Labour Party has pledged to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 if elected to power at the next general election.
  Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting told the House of Commons today that the party would introduce a bill to overhaul the act as part of its first legislative programme after polling day, which is due to take place by January 2025.
  The news was welcomed by mental health bodies, in the light of the government’s decision – revealed in last week’s K
  
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• Why boosting quality of life is the best medicine | Letters

  13-11-2023 18:00
  Readers respond to the call from England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, for doctors to prioritise quality of life over quantity of lifeIt is interesting to note that England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, talks about quality of life (Prioritise quality of life over prolonging it for elderly, Chris Whitty tells medics, 10 November) in the same week that Simon Jenkins says that he has been forced to turn off the news because he finds it too shocking. It is easy to forge
  
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• Press release: £267 million to boost local drug and alcohol treatment

  13-11-2023 01:01 via gov.uk
  Every local authority across England to be allocated additional funding to help combat drug and alcohol misuse
  
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