Webwatch: Online NHS campaign to help men over 40 reduce risk of diabetes
A new online campaign encouraging men aged 40 and over who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes to sign up for support has been launched by the NHS.
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Engage: How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who make up six out of ten COVID-19 related deaths in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics.
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Engage: Care homes – why investment firms can be bad owners
The ailing social care system in England is due to be reformed as part of plans being announced in the Queen’s Speech in May. The most prominent issue is long-term
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Engage: Post-COVID recovery plans must centre around care work – here’s why
The pandemic has highlighted just how vital care workers are to society. But the people who work in this sector have been neglected for too long. It is time politicians
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Webwatch: Care provider launches app-based training platform using simulated care environments
Newcross Healthcare has launched Newcross World, a new app-based training platform with simulated working environments on the healthcare provider’s established HealthForceGo app, currently used by 8,500 staff. The new app
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Webwatch: 24/7 online therapy and counselling service launches across the UK
Created by a consortium of BACP therapists, a new 24/7 online therapy and counselling service launches across the UK today. MindSpace 247 claims to be an instant dial-in counselling service
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Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders
Imagine that death is just around the corner. How will you spend your final moments? Quietly with loved ones? With a priest giving last rites? Perhaps listening to your favourite
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Engage: COVID-19 – why are people with learning disabilities at greater risk?
When it comes to people with learning disabilities and COVID-19, the statistics are damning. In the UK, people with learning disabilities are at least four times more likely to die
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Engage: Safe people, safe places – Working with care experienced children at risk of exploitation
Emma Lewis is a member of the Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. In this blog she talks about her work with the
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Report: The Independent Review into Child Sexual Abuse in Football 1970-2005 – Clive Sheldon QC
Hundreds of children’s lives were ruined by abuse over the course of three and a half decades as warning signs were missed out of “ignorance and naivety”, an independent review
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