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- The world has been changing drastically since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Globalization, technological progress, socio-economic, and environmental changes have been reshaping the...
- The project, which is subject to planning permission and final NHS funding arrangements, would see the county council owned site used by the Darwin Practice as a health centre. The council would also look for a tenant for the adjoining pharmacy.
- A further £1.1m is to be invested in recruiting more children’s social workers to help manage caseloads in the county. Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet agreed the funding, despite the wider financial challenges facing the council, after recognising the increasing pressures on children’s services. The county council will now look to launch a recruitment campaign to take on at least a further 20 specialist social workers to help support the county’s most vulnerable children.
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Staffordshire Police, Stoke-on-Trent Live and The Royal Life Saving Society have teamed up together to run swim safe sessions and provide advice in the largest campaign of its kind in the city
- Social media users now have a new way of finding out about the latest news and information from NHS commissioners across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.A new Twitter account - @StaffsCCGs – will combine news and information from the area’s six clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Previously the CCGs had separate accounts.
- Shropshire Council, Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and The Wrekin Housing Trust will now work together to regenerate and redevelop the Pauls Moss site into a hub of housing, healthcare and community activity that will meet the needs of the local community and reflect the future design and delivery of health and social care services.
- Subject to agreement of terms between Shropshire Council and the Riverside Medical Practice, the practice will occupy the majority of the second block to be constructed, with a new pharmacy also set to be provided on the site. The appropriate work will then be carried out to ensure that the building accommodates the medical practice, with the new practice set to open in 2019.
- The Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Local Maternity System (LMS) is launching a Continuity Of Carer Survey and is asking for responses through the Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) to help them to gather information about the local area.
- Methylphenidate is the most effective and safest short term drug treatment for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), while amphetamines are most effective in adults, a major analysis has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
- People who are regularly physically active have fewer days when they rate their mental health as “not good” than those who are not physically active, a large observational study has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
- Anxiety and/or depression during pregnancy or year after childbirth is the most common complication of childbearing. Economic evaluations of interventions for the prevention or treatment of perinatal anxiety and/or depression (PAD) were systematically reviewed with the aim of guiding researchers and commissioners of perinatal mental health services towards potentially cost-effective strategies. Open Access Article
- Objective To address uncertainties prior to conducting a fully powered randomised controlled trial of Morita Therapy plus treatment as usual (TAU) versus TAU alone, or to determine that such a trial is not appropriate and/or feasible. Open Access Article
- Partners and children of individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) present with impaired quality of life and mental health, yet seldom seek or participate in traditional supportive interventions. Engaging the parent/partner without AUD in treatment is a promising way of supporting behavioural change in both the child and the parent with AUD. Open Access Article
- While much is known about caregiving burden and its consequences on both caregivers and care recipients, reports on the sex and gender differences that may be present among family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) are lacking. Open Access Article
- Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of a multicentre randomized controlled trial of ReaDySpeech, an online speech therapy programme for people with dysarthria. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
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