Community Care
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The Labour Party has pledged to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 if elected to power at the next general election. Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting told the House of Commons today that the party would introduce a bill to overhaul the act as part of its first legislative programme after polling day, which is due to take place by January 2025.
The New Social Worker
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
As the social work profession continues to engage in difficult dialogues about diversity, equity, and inclusion, many are facing resistance to this work. Resistance presents in denial-oriented, disengaged, and derailing approaches.
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Community Care
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Adult social care has its fourth cabinet minister in two years following Rishi Sunak’s major government reshuffle. Victoria Atkins has replaced Steve Barclay as health and social care secretary, after the latter spent one year in post in his second stint in the job. Since 2021, the post has also been occupied by Sajid Javid and – briefly, under Liz Truss’s short-lived premiership – Thérèse Coffey.
MQ Mental Health
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Today (13 November) is World Kindness Day. The world might seem a difficult place to feel optimistic right now. At times like these it’s important to be kind to ourselves and others. Read more about how to handle the news when it’s anxiety-provoking or even traumatic in our article here. While what is happening in the world around us may make us feel powerless, we can remind ourselves where we do have power.
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Community Care
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
There are “significant risks” around the government’s capacity to deliver its already delayed plan to introduce a cap on care costs by October 2025, the public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) said work needed to start soon, backed by more resource, to deliver the cap and a more generous means-test for care by the revised target date, two years later than originally planned.
MQ Mental Health
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Fresh from having a new paper published, Professor Louise Arseneault, Professor of Developmental Psychology at Kings College London, joined the MQ Open Mind podcast team, Professor Rory O’Connor and Craig Perryman, to chat about collaboration in research. Professor Louise Arseneault, from Montreal is French-Canadian and studied in Psycho-education. Originally trained to work with people with mental health conditions her undergraduate degree didn’t directly lead her to the career that would susta
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Living Sober
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The latest in our annual series of sober self care. How do you regularly move your body?
MQ Mental Health
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In this episode of MQ Open Mind podcast, released on 31 October 2023, Professor David Nutt, head of the Psychedelics Research Centre at Imperial College London, joins Professor Rory O’Connor and Craig Perryman to discuss a new approach to treating depression. David specialises in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep.
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