All Voluntary sector/third sector articles – Page 23
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Patient choice in mental health: your shout
The views of mental health patients will become much more important over the next decade as they demand services tailored to their needs, writes Mark Gould
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Integrated care connections
The Connected Care project involves healthcare organisations genuinely listening to local people. Paul Dinsdale tunes in
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Get happy: the secret to a healthy old age
There is clear evidence older people benefit from preventive healthcare. For the fulfilled old age that people want, services must spot depression early and support good diet and mobility
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Children 'do not have say in mental healthcare'
Few children have a say in their mental health treatment, although 97 per cent of professionals, parents and young people say they should, according to a survey by charity Young Minds.
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Adolescent services: smells like teen spirit
The teenage years are not the easiest: testing boundaries, asserting your independence and taking risks - and this age group often falls between child and adult healthcare. Claire Laurent reports on moves to target services for young people's needs
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Elderly 'going hungry' on wards
Many hospitals are still not doing enough to prevent older people from going hungry on hospital wards, according to Age Concern.Following monitoring undertaken as part of the Hungry to be Heard campaign, the charity claims 43 per cent of NHS trusts have still not introduced protected meal times.
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Health volunteering in Cambodia - tackling inequalities
In the latest of a series on volunteering abroad in the health service, Patricia Sloan talks about the drive to reduce health inequalities in the Cambodian health system
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Palliative care: on their terms
Big Lottery funding means young people in West Sussex get holistic palliative care in an environment of their choice - even if that means down on the beach
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Under the radar: BME mental health
Language barriers and stereotyping mean the mental health needs of black and minority ethnic older people are going unseen by commissioners. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Lending a hand for social enterprise
The government is encouraging more social enterprises in health and social care with the promise of start-up cash. Caroline White looks at some that have taken the plunge
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NHS constitution - signed and delivered
The proposal tucked away in the Darzi report for an NHS constitution could be one of the most historic elements of the next stage review, limiting the health secretary's power and guaranteeing patient rights
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A shot in the arm for community health services
The government is promoting the social enterprise model of service provision, but there are other options available to primary care trusts. Ingrid Torjesen offers an overview
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Volunteers save trusts £700,000
A report by Volunteering England has calculated the economic value of services provided by volunteers to the NHS.
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Health secretary targets obesity
Health secretary Alan Johnson will tonight call for a national movement to tackle obesity in a speech on public health to the Fabian Society.Mr Johnson will outline the public health implications of the obesity epidemic and argue that the strategy to combat obesity will only succeed if every part of ...
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Mental health volunteering in Sri Lanka
Katherine Allen, senior mental health promotion officer at Rethink and former VSO volunteer, talks about the challenges facing mental health professionals in Sri Lanka and how British volunteers can help
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Fury at rheumatoid arthritis guidance
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society has reacted with fury to draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that restricts access to treatment for the condition.
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Charity launches diabetes awareness campaign
More than half a million people in the UK are unaware they have type 2 diabetes, according to the charity Diabetes UK.
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Mental health stigma prevents everyday activities - Rethink
Two-thirds of people with mental health problems say stigma prevents them from doing everyday things such as going to the shops or making new friends, according to a survey by mental health charity Rethink.A third of survey respondents also said they face the most discrimination from friends and family.
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UK cancer survivors top 2 million, claims charity
At least 2 million people in the UK have survived cancer or are living with the illness while being treated for it, according to research by charity Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Mencap appoints chief executive
Mark Goldring has been appointed as the new chief executive of learning disability charity Mencap.