With the focus on relationships in Mental Health Week, NHS England has put the spotlight on Sheffield where they are helping nurture relationships between adopters, foster carers and children to improve their adoption outcomes and mental health.
Almost 50 adopted children have had a smoother transition to their new homes thanks to a fresh £85,000 scheme in Sheffield helping assess and support their mental health needs.
The Pre-Adoption Service, run by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, hosted a successful unique year-long trial to reduce the number of failed adoptions and children needing mental health services in the future.
Mark experiences OCD and for many years has also battled with anorexia. He wants to have a healthier relationship with food, but sometimes his efforts to eat more and go to the gym are hindered by his condition. Here he shares a recent conversation that played out in his head during a recent trip to McDonalds.
Indwelling urinary catheterisation is a common procedure that is governed by best practice guidelines such as those provided by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and the Royal College of Nursing. This article will look how these guidelines influence practice and also look at new innovations in catheter care. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The article offers information on the symposium "A New Perspective on Wound Cleansing, Debridement and Healing" held on March 2016. Topics of the symposium include the importance of hydration in promoting wound healing and the use of non conventional approach in wound treatment highlighting the hydrotherapy wound treatment that use HydroClean plus, HydroTac, and Hydro-Responsive Wound Dressing. Also discussed is a debate related to the new approach of wound dressing from experts in the field. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Shropshire Council, through the Much Wenlock and Shipton Local Joint Committee (LJC), has a small pot of funding to deliver one-off grants to local organisations or individuals interested in providing or enhancing existing youth activities for 10- to 19-year-olds (up to 24-year-olds, for individuals with learning difficulties) in Much Wenlock and the surrounding parishes.
"People should consider taking aspirin immediately after a minor stroke," BBC News reports.
A review of existing evidence found people treated with aspirin after a mini stroke (transient ischaemic attack, or TIA) were less likely to experience a more serious follow-up stroke.
A TIA occurs when a blood clot temporarily blocks blood flow in the brain. It causes problems including numbness or weakness of the face, arms or legs, as well as dizziness and problems with speech and sight.
One of the UK's leading experts on dementia and elderly care will be offering Stafford doctors the benefit of his knowledge and experience next month.
Professor Alistair Burns will be attending GP Practice Learning Time sessions arranged by Stafford and Surrounds Clinical Commissioning Group in June 2016, and will be speaking on the subjects of dementia care and frail elderly care, which have been designated priority areas by the CCG.
This evidence-based information will help mental health nurses to improve the physical health and wellbeing of people living with mental health problems.
This document focuses on how to deal with some of the main risk factors for physical health problems, and helps to make sure that people living with mental health problems have the same access to health checks and healthcare as the rest of the population.
In a moving and highly personal blog to mark Dementia Awareness Week, a daughter talks movingly about her relationship with her mother who has the illness
Report on the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine amongst frontline health care workers (HCWs) during the 2015 to 2016 influenza vaccination programme in England.
"The results show that PP3M is no better/worse than PP1M in treating the symptoms of schizophrenia, but it’s important to note that this study does not demonstrate that PP3M is a superior treatment option."
Despite the abundant scientific evidence demonstrating the benefits of family-based care for children and the damages brought on by institution-based care, the social work profession continues to endorse and engage in practices that promote the latter. This is particularly true through orphan tourism and orphan volunteerism—short- and longer-term forms of providing aid to residential facilities caring for children. Using educational tours to orphanages, fundraising and service projects, and academic internships based in such facilities, the profession contributes to the perpetuation of institution-based care and forms of exploitation.
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Autistica has today (26.5.16) revealed the autism community's top 10 priorities for autism research, following a 15-month consultation with autistic adults, families and professionals.
The results show that people overwhelmingly want research to focus on how to improve the lives of the 700,000 autistic people in the UK, and of their families. It's vital that their voices are heard by Government, NHS England and research bodies and that the research agenda and resources are focused accordingly.
There is robust epidemiological and clinical evidence of the harmful effects of unemployment on psychological well-being, but the mechanisms through which this occurs is still strongly debated. In addition, there is even less evidence on the impact of underemployment on mental health. Using longitudinal data collected from a cohort of 20–24 years old, the present study examines a range of employed states and investigates the role of mastery, financial hardship and social support in the relationship between labour status and depression. Open Access Article
Last year, NHS England shared findings on the over prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs for people with learning difficulties and/or autism. 72% of people with learning disabilities have been given these medicines, but only 29% actually need them.
NHS England recognise this needs to be addressed, and have asked CHANGE (people with learning disabilities working together for human rights) to undertake research into why this happens and deliver learning on: