Engage: How can we all reap the benefits of self care?
“We are at the tipping point of a cultural change towards self-care as a way of life and work”, says Dr Pete Smith of the Self Care Forum, “but for
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Engage: Why writing is my form of therapy
Author, Will Green (35) is a former alcoholic and mental health sufferer who is passionate about raising awareness of mental illness. He talks to us about how he uses writing
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Engage: People feel more pain if they carry a sense of grievance – why?
We all experience the ups and downs of life sometimes. We might be treated badly by others or miss out on something we think we deserve, like a promotion at
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Engage: Listening to each other improves our lives at home and at work
In Scotland this year, 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children will experience a mental health problem. An experience of mental ill-health such as anxiety or depression is
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Engage: Soon nurses will pay for their education – they should demand higher wages
The NHS doesn’t have enough nurses, nor are enough being trained to meet future demand. And yet the government has confirmed it is scrapping nursing bursaries, which cover the cost
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Engage: Coalition in call for new model of social care support in Scotland
Scotland’s social care support system increasingly risks cracking under the strain, as demand rises and funding fails to keep pace, to the potential detriment of thousands of disabled people and
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Engage: Addressing delays in discharge – a case of integrated care in action?
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) published earlier this year estimated that delays in discharging medically fit patients from hospital were costing £820m a year. In spite of many
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Engage: After this miserable and divisive campaign, we need to talk about immigration
Britain has voted to leave the European Union. The weeks and months of highly spirited and at times rancorous political campaigning have shown just how deep the fissures that run
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Engage: A perfect storm – the coming health and social care crisis for older people
The wrecking of fishing vessel Andrea Gail, immortalised in the film The Perfect Storm, was the result of ignorance of the nature and severity of the developing crisis, combined with
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Engage: Funding cuts could leave victims of domestic violence with nowhere to go
Right across England and Wales, local councils have been coping with successive cuts to their budgets for the past six years. Between 2010 and 2015, cuts to local councils amounted
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