The UK’s policy on drugs has “done nothing but go backwards” in the last decade, one of the Government’s former chief advisers has claimed. Speaking 10 years to the day
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Social workers require good digital skills and capabilities to support their complex role. A wide range of stakeholders – from practitioners and people who use services, to tech developers and
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NHS Digital has published new figures on the number of detentions carried out under the Mental Health Act in 2018-19. This publication provides the official statistics about people with a
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Social media company Instagram has said it will remove images, drawings and cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide from its platform. The move follows the death of British 14-year-old
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The Department of Health has today published statistics collected from Health & Social Care (HSC) Trusts, Agencies and Legacy Health and Social Services (HSS) Boards on all clinical & social
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The BBC is launching an interactive voice news service for Alexa, allowing people to skip stories or ask for more details about the items they are interested in. From Wednesday,
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A major rethink is needed of the “broken” system underpinning elderly residential care provision, writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell has said. The Labour peer and former government voice of older
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Sir Billy Connolly has said he no longer shares a bed with his wife because his Parkinson’s disease causes him to punch her in his sleep. The comedian, 76, was
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Newcross Healthcare has appointed two new apprentices as Relationship Executives, opening a pathway for people from a diverse range of backgrounds into a career in the care sector. Caitlin Jones
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The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Positive Practice Guidance is a National document which was published only a few weeks ago by NHS England in good time for World
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