Victims and community sentencing
A report examined whether victims of crime were open to the greater use of community sentences, and if so, how their existing limited confidence in such sentences might be enhanced.
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Personal budgets for people with mental health condition – briefing
A briefing paper said that personal health and social care budgets could help people with a mental health condition to set their own goals and rebuild their lives.
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Social isolation of older people in rural communities – advisory body report
A report by DEFRA said that services for older people in rural areas needed to be ‘rural proofed’ to help prevent more older people becoming isolated.
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Service user research in social work and disability studies
An article examined the epistemological underpinnings of social work research and disability studies research. It considered the tensions, possibilities, and power dynamics of collaboration between the two research disciplines, and
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Characteristics and management of elder abuse
An article examined adult protection referrals for older people over an 8-year period in two English local authorities. Older people were at particular risk of multiple and physical abuse. Those
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The Road from Crime
Starting where it all began for him on the streets of his hometown and in Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow, Allan sets off to understand how individuals like himself get caught
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Social policy excellence – peer review or metrics?
An article said that although metrics-based assessment could predict reasonably well the overall outcome of the 2008 research assessment exercise for social work/social policy and administration in terms of research
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Social Work Complaints: Consultation Report
In December 2011, the Scottish Government sought views on how social work complaints procedures could be improved to meet the needs of service users and to ensure they conform to
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Care Quality Commission annual report on the safer management of controlled drugs
The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO), Dr Keith Ridge, has written to Chief executives and SHA pharmacy/prescribing leads highlighting the publication of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) 2011 annual report on
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Mental Health Strategy for Scotland: 2012-2015
The Scottish Government’s mental health strategy to 2015 sets out a range of key commitments across the full spectrum of mental health improvement, services and recovery to ensure delivery of
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