NICE’s new quality standard on personality disorders includes seven statements to improve the treatment and care of people with the conditions. Borderline and antisocial personality disorders are two distinctive conditions
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In March 2014, the Supreme Court issued a judgment on deprivation of liberty, which clarified what may constitute a situation whereby someone can legally have their liberty taken away. The
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Guidance on how NHS staff should deal with violent behaviour by children has been included in advice from the National Institute for Health Care Excellence (Nice) for the first time.
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The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has undertaken a scoping exercise with frontline staff in the criminal justice system to find out what kinds of difficulties they face when
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As part of the on-going work to raise awareness of the sexual exploitation of children, Barnardo’s Cymru in conjunction with the Welsh Government has launched a bilingual handbook that warns
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The Scottish Government has written to community planning partnerships (CPPs) offering support for the development of joint strategic commissioning of children’s services. The programme aims to shift expenditure on children’s
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A new range of resources developed as part of the ‘Working Together, improving end of life care through better integration’ project has been launched to encourage people to talk about
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The Alzheimer’s Society have produced a practical guide for employers which provides tips on how to make the working environment more dementia friendly. The guide, ‘Creating a dementia-friendly workplace: A practical guide
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The second edition of ‘Care after Death: guidance for staff responsible for care after death’ is now available. It aims to help ensure that a person who has died is cared for
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Managers of care services for adults can now find reliable resources to support improvement through one an easy-to-use online resource. Two of the leading improvement support organisations in England, Skills
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