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Mind your language: interpreters in Mental Health Act assessments

Photo of Professor Alys YoungRebecca TiptonPhoto of Dr Natalia Rodriguez-Vicente By Alys Young, Rebecca Tipton and Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente Filed Under: Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: April 4, 2024

In England and Wales, the Mental Health Act can be used to detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, and who may pose a danger to themselves or others. However, some of those assessed under these powers will not use spoken English. Here, Professor Alys Young, Dr Rebecca Tipton, and Dr Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente explore the effects on the assessment […]

Tagged With: diversity, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, immigration, inequalities, mental health, Racial Inequalities, SALC, SHS

Mind the gap: supporting prison leavers with mental illness

Dr Charlotte Lennox By Jane Senior, Jenny Shaw and Charlotte Lennox Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: March 27, 2024

Many people in prison have severe mental health problems, but what is being done to help these individuals resettle when released? And how can policy and practice reduce reoffending rates, while ensuring prison leavers with mental illnesses are given the support they need to reintegrate into the community? Here, Dr Jane Senior, Professor Jennifer Shaw, and Dr Charlotte […]

Tagged With: Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, justice, mental health, NHS, SHS

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Implications of the digital revolution for the nursing workforce

Photograph of author Dawn DowdingPhotograph of author Sarah Skyrme By Dawn Dowding and Sarah Skyrme Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care, Science and Technology Posted: March 20, 2024

As the largest professional group in the healthcare workforce, nurses have been at the frontline of a digital transformation. In this article, from our publication Working Futures, Professor Dawn Dowding and Dr Sarah Skyrme assess what this means for the workforce and suggest policy interventions. Ambitions for all NHS organisations in England to be paperless […]

Tagged With: Health & Social Care, technology

Locked up like adults – COVID-19 experiences for children in custodial settings

Dr Charlotte Lennox By Charlotte Lennox Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: March 19, 2024

During the early period of the pandemic, there was a lack of detailed guidance for many groups, including the secure estate. For children in custodial settings, this meant staff often applied measures intended for adult prisons, in lieu of any other information. Here, Dr Charlotte Lennox shares her research showing children in such settings were an invisible group […]

Tagged With: #OpenMinds, Children & Young People, COVID-19, crime, Health & Social Care, justice, mental health, SHS, Youth mental health

The toll of ‘Deaths of Despair’ in England

By Christine Camacho and Luke Munford Filed Under: British Politics, Cities and Environment, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Levelling up, Urban Posted: March 15, 2024

In 2015, a phenomenon coined as ‘Deaths of Despair’ (DoD) emerged in the US, highlighting an alarming increase in mortality due to drugs, alcohol, and suicides, particularly among white men without a college education. Here, Christine Camacho and Dr Luke Munford explore the spatial patterning of these deaths in England, where an estimated 46,200 lives […]

Tagged With: ARC-GM, british politics, communities, devolution, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government, mental health, public health, SHS

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Joining the dots: assessing the roll out of social prescribing link workers in primary care

Paul Wilson headshot By Paul Wilson Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: March 14, 2024

Social prescribing is the referral of patients to non-clinical treatments – often for mental health needs and long-term health conditions. In 2019, the NHS Long Term Plan embedded the role of link workers to coordinate and refer patients from Primary Care Networks. But are the right areas getting the support they need – and how […]

Tagged With: ARC-GM, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, loneliness, mental health, NHS, Racial Inequalities, SHS

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Precarious Work: The Consequences for Later Life Security

Kristian Fuzi By Debora Price and Kristian Fuzi Filed Under: All posts, Inclusive Growth, UK economy, Work, Working Futures Posted: March 12, 2024

The concerning trend of precarious work is increasingly the focus of policymakers and researchers. Here, Kristian Fuzi and Professor Debora Price advocate for greater attention to the multiplicity of sectors and the widening age range of the workforce now affected by these working conditions.  Precarious work trends have serious consequences for the financial security of workers […]

Tagged With: communities, economy, employment, gender inequalities, inequalities, labour market

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Don’t worry about the future, what about the ‘now of work’?

By Mat Johnson and Eva Herman Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, UK economy, Work Posted: March 5, 2024

Amongst all the competing predictions about what the future of work might hold, the challenges of achieving decent work in the foundational economy have been largely overlooked. Here, Dr Mat Johnson and Dr Eva Herman argue that the focus should be on making tangible improvements to the working lives of those in the frontline roles that keep […]

Tagged With: #WorkingFutures, Health & Social Care, labour market, productivity, technology, work & pensions

Unjamming the (bio)printer: how can regulatory reform unleash new and advanced biomaterials?

By Marco Domingos Filed Under: Health and Care, Research and development, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted: March 4, 2024

3D bioprinting technologies hold huge potential to transform patient care and treatment, delivering the next generation of personalised medicine. But current legislative boundaries are poorly defined, and the pathways to approval are unclear, creating unnecessary delays and costs in getting these new technologies to patients. Here, Dr Marco Domingos from the Bioprinting Technology Platform argues […]

Tagged With: advanced materials, biotechnology, Health & Social Care, innovation, Royce, science & engineering, technology

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Wellbeing in education settings – listening to children and young people

Alexandra Hennessey author headshotKirsty Pert By Ola Demkowicz, Alexandra Hennessey and Kirsty Pert Filed Under: All posts, Education Posted: February 29, 2024

The role of education settings in promoting good wellbeing and mental health among children and young people has been increasingly formalised in national policy. But often the voices of the key stakeholders – children and young people – are not adequately sought, heard, or given due weight. In this article, Dr Ola Demkowicz, Dr Alexandra […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, mental health, schools, wellbeing

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