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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Mental health units discharging eating disorder patients with ‘dangerously low’ BMIs

FoI request reveals some people sent home despite BMIs below 15 – considered to be ‘severe malnutrition’

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Diagnosing mental health conditions need not be a case of yes/no

Letters: Responding to an article on the rising numbers of young people with mental illness or ADHD diagnoses, Sue Simmons says we all lie on a continuum, and Michael Baber calls for a more holistic approach

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Dissatisfaction with life in UK unchanged since Covid, official data shows

Average life satisfaction still below pre-pandemic peak despite improving economic outlook, reports ONS

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

European girls aged 13-15 have world’s highest rate of tobacco use for age group

World Health Organization report also finds one in seven adolescents across continent use vapes and e-cigarettes

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer

Study shows lower risk for multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney cancers

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NewsFeb 27, 2026

Kinship carers in England to be given financial support in government pilot

Charities hail ‘groundbreaking’ scheme for grandparents and others who take full parental responsibility for a child

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NewsFeb 26, 2026

Why have efforts to bring in assisted dying law been thwarted?

How has legislation backed by MPs failed to clear the House of Lords? And what will happen now?

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NewsFeb 26, 2026

Assisted dying bill not at ‘end of the road’, peer says as time runs short

Charlie Falconer criticises small number of peers blocking bill and says he is sure it will return in next session

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