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Mental Health Community Reacts: Conservatives Cause Concern

MQ Mental Health

million people on a waiting list to get mental health support, and to the GPs whose expert judgment is being called into question.” She said “to imply that it is easy both to be signed-off work and then to access benefits is deeply damaging. It is insulting to the 1.9 These proposals are dangerous and risk leaving disabled people destitute.

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How to become a better social worker

Save the Social Worker

These people might have been shunned, neglected and abandoned by society. Having a system is like having a GPS in your car. The students I had to interact with. It never occurred to me that chasing these academic A-s was a privilege. Not a problem. The most important thing isn’t to think through a fancy system.

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You Asked, Can Social Workers Prescribe Medication?

Social Work Haven

Furthermore, social workers are able to work collaboratively with healthcare professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists and GPs to develop tailored recovery plans for those in need. Contact your registered GP surgery for an appointment. Here, I pick on some of the misconceptions about the role of the social worker.

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Children will not get adequate abuse protection from government response to CSA inquiry, warns chair

Community Care

We need to ensure that all professionals with safeguarding roles – including social workers, teachers, police officers, GPs etc. are properly trained and supported to have the knowledge, skills and confidence to better protect children.”

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UK public services in ‘doom loop’ due to short-term policies, thinktank warns

The Guardian

Institute for Government says ‘crumbling’ services are far worse than when Tories took power in 2010 Britain’s public services are stuck in a “doom loop” of recurring crises as a result of ministers’ short-term policymaking, a thinktank has warned.

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NHS is at breaking point and putting patients at high risk, bosses warn

The Guardian

Exclusive: Survey finds nine in 10 leaders say work pressures and lack of staff are unsustainable in England Patient safety in the NHS in England is being put at “unacceptably high” risk, with severe staff shortages leaving hospitals, GP surgeries and A&E units struggling to cope with soaring demand, health chiefs have warned.

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What is in Thérèse Coffey’s new NHS plan?

The Guardian

The package of measures is aimed at addressing the deepening crisis in the NHS in England, especially the long delays patients can face when seeking ambulance, GP or accident and emergency care, a hospital bed or surgery. Key details from the launch of ‘our plan for patients’ by the health and social care secretary What is the new NHS plan?