People in Scotland are being urged to check on elderly relatives, friends and neighbours over the festive period. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Age Scotland’s offices in Edinburgh yesterday and
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A new agreement to improve the system of care and support for people in a mental health crisis has been signed by the Welsh Government, police forces, the NHS, councils
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An exhibition of art by the homeless is being organised to counter negative attitudes to rough sleepers and to help them regain their voice and dignity. University of Brighton psychologist
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More than two thirds of police forces in England and Wales are letting down vulnerable victims, a new report suggests. Four services were rated as “inadequate” for how they protect
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A council has said it is “unable to determine the exact circumstances” of how a grandmother suffered terrible injuries which her family believe were the result of multiple rat bites.
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As Christmas approaches, Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people to look after their mental health and that of their loved ones over the holiday period. Christmas is
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Two University of Leicester criminologists have been commissioned by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire to lead a project designed to inform the development of a new hate crime
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A man in his 20s who has learning disabilities and could not tell a psychiatrist “how babies came” was married at a “very bling” £25,000 Muslim wedding in Pakistan, a
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Northern Ireland Social Development Minister, Mervyn Storey MLA, has confirmed that his department will implement a total of 13 recommendations to improve the Supporting People Programme following a Review of
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Nottingham Trent University BA (Hons) Social Work student Lauren Hunt talks about her experience of supporting Carnival Mad 15, an event which aims to raise awareness of mental health and
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