50 h. ago Minister makes Stirling visit as improved CAMHS waiting times hailed

The health board had come under scrutiny for the amount of time children and young people were waiting for mental health support - but data shows an improvement in the last 18 months.

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56 h. ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wanted to change surname to Spencer 'amid fears Charles was delaying Archie and Lilibet's passports because the application included HRH titles'

The Sussexes are said to have become 'exasperated' about waiting months for their children's passports to arrive and believed it was being 'blocked' due to the use of their royal titles.

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3 d. ago Harry and Meghan explored changing surname to Spencer amid children’s passport delays

Exclusive: source says couple feared unexplained wait was due to king’s opposition to their children bearing HRH titleThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex explored the idea of changing their family name to Spencer amid repeated delays by British officials to issue passports for their children, the Guardian has been told.The suggestion was a result of “sheer exasperation” and came during a face-to-face meeting between Prince Harry and his uncle Earl Spencer. He was understood to be enthusiastic and supportive of the name change. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘British feminism needs reshaping’: Kate Nash on her new single about trans rights

The British pop musician questions the gender-critical movement in her new song Germ, and argues that cis women need to stand up for the trans communityIn Kate Nash’s new single, released last week, the 37-year-old musician and actor has coined a new acronym, Germ: “girl, exclusionary, regressive, misogynist”. In the lyrics, she states: “You’re not radical You’re not rad at all,” and that “using feminism to erase the rights of others and endanger them is inherently un-feminist”. It arose from Nash seeing “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” – the contentious term “terf” – as something of a misnomer. Those who espouse gender-critical views are, in her opinion, neither radical nor feminist.The song was written in response to last month’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of “woman” ought to be based on biological sex (a judgement that doctors at the British Medical Association have called “scientifically illiterate”). “I have a lot of trans people in my life that I care ...

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9 d. ago Age group that waits the longest for cancer diagnosis revealed in new study

While some children are diagnosed on the same day their symptoms began, others waited up to six years, experts have found

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1 week ago Age group which waits the longest for cancer diagnosis revealed in new study

While some children are diagnosed on the same day their symptoms began, others waited up to six years, experts have found

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1 week ago Schoolgirl almost chokes to death twice during 3 year NHS wait for operation

Lauren Crome, 12, is on the waiting list at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children with her parents living in fear of her choking due to a severe throat condition

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1 week ago New study reveals the childhood cancer which takes longest to diagnose

While some children are diagnosed on the same day their symptoms began, others waited up to six years, experts have found

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1 week ago Children and teens with four specific cancers wait longer than necessary to be diagnosed

A new study has found that kids and young people wait longer than necessary to receive their cancer diagnoses, depending on the type of cancer they have.

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2 w. ago JK Rowling pledges to pay legal costs of ALL women discriminated against over views on gender

Multi-Millionaire JK Rowling has pledged to bankroll legal cases for women who feel they have been discriminated against for their gender critical views.

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2 w. ago Children are facing 'catastrophic' waits for community health care after the backlog surged to almost 315,000

Long waits can cause 'irreparable harm' and have 'lifelong impacts', according to the new report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

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2 w. ago ‘Child sexual abuse support services face closure or cuts in funding shortfall’

The centre of expertise on child sexual abuse said currently thousands of children and adults are left waiting months or even years to access support.

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2 w. ago Children still ‘waiting far too long’ for mental health care, commissioner warns

The most common reason for referral during the period was anxiety.

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3 w. ago Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye

In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole storyIt should surprise no one that the UK has dropped to its lowest ever position on the annual “rainbow map” of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA), which ranks the best and worst European countries on the basis of laws and policies that affect LGBTQ+ people. The map assesses each country through seven categories, including equality and non-discrimination, legal gender recognition and asylum.The supreme court’s ruling last month that a person’s sex in the Equality Act 2010 refers only to “biological sex” – a redefining of trans people’s rights to their detriment, and a political and cultural victory for the gender critical movement – will have played a key role in the downgrading. Senior politicians immediately capitulated to the ruling, interpreting the implications of the verdict beyond the scope of the court, with t...

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3 w. ago Number of children waiting for gender care up 12 per cent in a year

157 of those on the waiting list are under 10 years old

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3 w. ago Soaring numbers of children waiting for specialist gender care on the NHS

Average waiting times have grown to more than two years for a child to get a first appointment at a specialist health service clinic.

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3 w. ago Children waiting two years for critical gender care as numbers trapped on waiting lists soar

Waiting lists for children’s gender services have risen by 12 per cent, figures show

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4 w. ago 'Entitled mum blocked my drive during the school run but I got the best revenge'

A man has shared how he got back at a mother who blocked his driveway while waiting to pick up her children from school - but his actions have divided the internet

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last month 'Entitled mum blocked my drive while waiting for school to finish

A man has explained how he got his revenge on a mother who blocked his driveway while she was waiting to pick up her children from school, but the internet is divided

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