The Red Book 2013: Children Under Pressure
Action for Children has launched new research showing thousands of children across the UK are struggling to cope with serious problems that no child should have to deal with. Poverty,
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Substance misuse treatment frameworks – Wales
The implementation of a Substance Misuse Treatment Framework for Wales is a strategic policy commitment of the Welsh Assembly Government. It reflects the vision contained in Wales: A Better Country
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Who should pay for social care services?
Does it make sense to have separate funding systems for health and social care? And what should be the balance between the individual and the state in funding services? These
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Personal Social Services Expenditure and Unit Costs – England, 2012-13, Final release
This summary provides information about the money spent on adult social care by the social services departments of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England. It contains information
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Scotland’s mental health: Children and young people 2013
This report provides the first systematic assessment of mental health and its contextual factors for children and young people (C&YP) in Scotland. It analyses 73 indicators from the previously established
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Children’s Centres Census 2013: A National Overview of Developments in Children’s Centres
Children’s Centres are “coming of age”, now supporting as many as one million families across the country, and becoming a cornerstone for early intervention and prevention within our communities. That’s
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Measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England – 2012-13, Initial findings on final data
Nationally, the ASCOF aims to give an indication of the strengths and weaknesses of social care in delivering better outcomes for people who use services. Locally, one of the key
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Economic impacts of marijuana legalisation
This is the first of a series of papers exploring the economic and social costs of legalizing marijuana. The states of Washington and Colorado in the United Sates have legalized
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Overview of Food Aid Provision in Scotland
It has been estimated that more than 500,000 people in the UK are reliant on emergency food aid. However, in Scotland, as in the rest of the UK, determining the
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New guidance from the Mental Welfare Commission
The Mental Welfare Commission has published revised guidance about administration of medication disguised in food or drink and includes a revised covert medication care pathway. The medical practitioner primarily responsible
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