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Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS president’s message to next government

Community Care

“To build sustained political backing to transform care and support in England, we not only need the trust of decision-makers in Government and their confidence that the solutions we’re proposing will work. .” “Politicians make promises about reforming social care and then don’t fulfil them,” she said.

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Liz Truss plan to divert NHS funds to social care is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

The Guardian

Health expert says NHS needs money too and diverting promised £13bn is not a sustainable solution Politics live: latest updates Liz Truss would be “robbing Peter to pay Paul” if she diverted £13bn of funding for the NHS to deal with a Covid backlog in social care, experts have said.

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Liz Truss appoints cabinet ministers for social care

Community Care

During the Conservative leadership campaign, Truss said she wanted to divert the additional funding allocated to the NHS this year (source: The Guardian) – raised through the 1.25 percentage point increase in national insurance contributions – to adult social care, in order to tackle delayed discharges.

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Ideological Bias in Social Sciences and Implications for Clinical Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

Over the decades, the American Psychological Association (APA) and other professional psychology organizations have provided considerable leadership towards the advocacy of equality. Amidst growing societal political polarization, the landmark Duarte et al. Publish or politic: Referee bias in manuscript review. References.

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Ex-Post Office executive says she does not recall email telling her Horizon terminals could be remotely accessed – UK politics live

The Guardian

Angela van den Bogerd says she forgot about email in 2010 saying cash balances in post office operators’ accounts could be remotely accessed Humza Yousaf, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, is holding a press conference now. He says he has been in the post for little more than a year.

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No 10’s refusal of emergency budget shows Tories have lost control of economy, says Labour – UK politics live

The Guardian

Opposition criticises decision not to make big fiscal interventions in final weeks of Boris Johnson’s premiership Earlier this year Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Brexit opportunities minister and one of the most hardline Brexit enthusiasts in the government, tried to persuade colleagues to get the government to commit to getting rid of all retained EU law within (..)

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Brexit realism? The NHS? Some of the key issues ignored by Sunak and Truss

The Guardian

Tory leadership candidates have clashed bitterly but many pressing matters have been overlooked Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have clashed vehemently over tax and spending, immigration and the UK’s stance on China in their acrimonious battle to become prime minister – but have had little to say about many other pressing issues.

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