The Mental Health Foundation has this week published a review of Mental Health Services in Scotland in partnership with Voices of Experience (Vox) and supported by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Commissioned
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A new King’s College London study examines suicide deaths within and outside the period surrounding childbirth, specifically in women who had been in recent contact with mental health services. Suicide
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We don’t always get things right in our work with children and young people but by and large we try to do the right things, as informed by the research
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Pilotlight, an Iriss project, works with co-design teams of people who use and deliver services across Scotland to design pathways to self-directed support (SDS). Using a design approach, it aims
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There is strong evidence to suggest that working without a plan is less effective than working with one and that, where plans are formed in collaboration with the young person,
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Since the Children Act 1989 there has been increasing emphasis in UK law and policy on placing children requiring substitute care with family and friends, and the Children and Young
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The Health Literacy Place website supports health and social care staff across Scotland to collaborate with patients, service-users and carers, to enable them to navigate services, and access and understand
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“I have something to say. I want to share it with you.” By tapping a few keys in a specific sequence, I have made a code emerge on the screen.
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The performance of care homes in England can now be compared on a NHS website. Families can leave reviews in the style of the travel website TripAdvisor and also see
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Are more children going into care than ever before? According to recent government data, the number of children in care in England has reached a 30-year high. The claim is
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