Martha Gill

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Martha Gill

I was struck by the news last week that GPs are so overwhelmed with mental health patients that they are directing them to the care of unregulated charities. Complex cases are now in the hands of therapists who are not always qualified to treat them. In one case, an autistic girl with an eating disorder was asked to self-refer to a local charity that offered “one-to-one support” – given by someone untrained in psychotherapy or counselling.

1 month ago | msn.com | Martha Gill

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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Martha Gill

So what is it, exactly, that we want from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex these days? We know what we don’t want, which is, basically: everything the couple have done so far. We disapproved of the tell-all Oprah interview, and Harry’s memoir, Spare – they were too revealing, too appallingly frank. We hated their tell-nothing Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan – far too boring, what was the point?

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Martha Gill

Something is changing when it comes to contraception. Lots of people aren’t using it. Last week we heard that this includes a third of young Irish people. Meanwhile, there has been a significant rise in abortions in England and Wales. Prescriptions for the contraceptive pill in England dropped from 432,600 in 2014 to 188,500 in 2021. And this month data from abortion clinics found that demand is being fuelled by women coming off the pill and using natural methods instead.

2 months ago | msn.com | Martha Gill

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