Older people should be encouraged to join choirs, read to young children in schools and learn to use the internet, a watchdog has said. In new guidance aimed at increasing
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Dying people should be treated with respect and compassion and doctors should not make “snap” decisions about their care, a watchdog has said. The National Institute for Health and Care
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Skills for Care and Skills for Health have published three guides aimed at helping to support adults and children on the autism spectrum. The guides have been developed with people
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A new publication aims to help Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs) consider different approaches to developing the third sector’s role in health and social care integration at a local level. The
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Quarriers has recently launched an innovative new participation toolkit, the iFive, at Hampden Park Football Stadium in Glasgow. The iFive has been developed alongside staff and people who access their
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Today, 1st December marks the launch of the See Me/Iriss Change Network Toolkit. In 2015, See Me, Iriss and the Scottish Mental Health Co-operative brought together a group of peer
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Alzheimer’s Research UK has created a website called ‘Dementia Explained’ to help young people better understand dementia as a new poll reveals that nearly three in ten parents in the
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The Centre for Children’s Rights, based in the School of Education at Queen’s University Belfast will be presenting a new video and accompanying booklet about child sexual exploitation and abuse
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The Mental Welfare Commission has launched a new campaign to explain the power of attorney to hospital ward staff, care home staff and GPs across Scotland. More and more people
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This is a summary of common weaknesses in local authorities that were judged inadequate in inspections, between January and May 2015, under the single inspection framework. It aims to help
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