All Social care articles – Page 88
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Angela Greatley on help for released prisoners
Every year, more than 80,000 people end prison sentences in the UK. Most have a complex mix of mental health problems alongside drug or alcohol addictions and a myriad of other difficulties to face.
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Trusts pressed to prepare for credit crisis blues
Commissioners must 'ramp up' capacity in psychological therapies to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of people being made redundant in the credit crunch.
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Complex public health problems need social innovation
The North West has made great strides in improving services but with complex problems persisting it will also take a process of social innovation to find creative solutions
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Social care funding split could lead to schemes based on age
Health chiefs are considering splitting social care funding into separate schemes for people of working age and those in retirement.
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Social care: how can we help the helpless?
The death of Baby P has highlighted failings in assessing risk. Staff must be supported in making tough decisions if the chances of such tragedies happening are to be minimised
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Obesity leaves eating disorders in the shade
While national guidelines have stimulated change in crisis areas of mental health, eating disorders are only just beginning to receive the attention and specialist services sufferers need. Alison Moore reports
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Michael White on euthanasia
Buried away in a Commons debate the other day was a remark that could apply to the unhealthy state of the economy and assorted remedies to cure it, including a large injection of job-boosting cash into the NHS capital building programme.
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Mental health under the microscope
I enjoyed Charles Kaye and Michael Howlett's analysis of mental health services yet failed to see where the 'gloss' was in any of the stories listed at the start of the article.
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Health ministers 'warned about Haringey child protection processes'
Health ministers were warned about Haringey council's child protection processes just months before the death of a baby at the centre of an abuse scandal.
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Prison mental healthcare: pushing up standards
Access to mental healthcare remains an obstacle for prisoners. The solution, say Andrew Forrester and colleagues, is a dedicated, unitary 'prisoner care trust' for commissioning
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Safeguarding vulnerable adults is inconsistent, says watchdog
Disabled and older people who experience abuse get a varied level of support due to the uneven progress of local authorities and care services in developing safeguarding measures, a report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection has said.
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Providing healthcare on a small island
Some islanders 'would rather be crippled than go to the mainland for an operation'. Alison Moore reports on the goldfish-bowl world of remote island healthcare
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Sandy Watson on how the NHS can help young people
At any one time, there are about 35,000 young people in Scotland who are not in education, employment or training. Of these, 6,000 are aged 16, 9,000 aged 17, 12,000 aged 18, and 8,000 aged 19. Men are more likely to fall into this group than women.
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Child poverty costs £25bn a year - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Child poverty costs £25bn a year in losses to the Exchequer and reduced gross domestic product, a charity that examines social problems has claimed.
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Hospital security fears after patient suicide
Northampton General Hospital is reviewing its security procedures after a patient shot himself dead on a ward.
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Annual health check note
Your report on the annual health check missed one vital fact: this is the second year running that NHS mental health trusts have been rated as one of the best-performing parts of the service.
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Dying: open debate on the last taboo
Dying is a part of the life cycle yet many health professionals are afraid to discuss it. We must start talking about this if we are to give patients the best chance of a good death
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Social care system ignores needs - Commission for Social Care Inspection
The system for means testing and rationing council social care services means the needs of many people are ignored and they are not given advice about the best care available to them, a report from the Commission for Social Care Inspection says today.
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Pilot scheme for older people reduces hospital admissions
A pilot scheme to co-ordinate health, social care and housing support for older people has saved the NHS 73 pence for every £1 spent, due to avoided emergency hospital admissions, the Department of Health has claimed.
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Individual budgets improve patient care, says report
An evaluation of individual budget pilots has found individual budgets can give people more control over their personal care and improve their quality of life.