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Immigration Removal Centres in England: A mental health needs analysis

Between March 2015 and March 2016, over 30,000 people were held in UK immigration detention. Many of these people had experienced torture, trauma and oppression in their countries of origin. In...

Attitudes to mental health problems and mental wellbeing: Findings from the 2015 British Social Attitudes survey

This paper presents new findings on attitudes to mental wellbeing and mental health problems. Levels of life satisfaction are high, and most people have positive attitudes towards improving their own...

Ethnicity, Gender and Social Mobility

British families are told that if their children go to school and work hard, they will be rewarded with good jobs and opportunities. But for many groups this promise is being broken. In recent months...

Specialist substance misuse services for young people: Main principles for commissioning

In April 2013, commissioning drug and alcohol misuse treatment services became the responsibility of local authorities. At that point local authorities were given greater autonomy to develop their...

Sustainable Development Management Plan (SDMP) Guidance for Health and Social Care Organisations

A Sustainable Development Management Plan (SDMP) is a current board approved document that assists organisations to clarify their objectives on sustainable development and sets out a plan of action...

Swimming together or sinking alone: Health, care and the art of systems leadership

It is difficult to believe, but there has never been a better time to be a healthcare leader. However slowly and imperfectly, the NHS, local government and their partners are beginning to rebuild the...

What really matters in children and young people’s mental health

The mental health and well-being of children and young people has never been of greater concern. Nearly every day a new story breaks: concerns about rising levels of self-harm, eating disorders and...

The Views of Carers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities on Annual Health Checks

The Annual Health Check (AHC) for people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) was set up in 2008-2009 to monitor their health under the NHS Direct Enhanced Services (DES). Around 85% of GPs are signed...

The lives of young carers in England: Omnibus survey report

This research report presents findings of a survey of parents of young carers aged 5 to 17 and, where possible, young carers themselves aged 11 to 17. The survey was conducted across England by...

The lives of young carers in England: Appendices to research report

A definition of young caring needs to incorporate key dimensions of young caring that are important in academic discourses and in health and social care policy and practice. At the same time, it...

Learning disabilities: identifying and managing mental health problems (QS142)

Statement 1 Young people and adults with learning disabilities have an annual health check that includes a review of mental health problems. Statement 2 People with learning disabilities who need a...

AHPs into Action. Using Allied Health Professions to transform health, care and wellbeing

‘AHPs into Action’ is a product for leaders and decision makers, to inform and inspire the system about how AHPs can be best utilised to support future health, care and wellbeing service delivery. It...

Live long and prosper? Demographic trends and their implications for living standards

People are living longer. A century ago new-borns were expected to live to 63 on average, whereas for the generation born in the last 15 years life expectancy at birth is 93, with over a third of the...

Social workers in England: Standards of proficiency

This document sets out the standards of proficiency. These standards set out safe and effective practice in the professions we regulate. They are the threshold standards we consider necessary to...

A guide to the law on NHS continuing care and NHS funded nursing care

This Guide is divided into the following sections: 1. What is NHS Continuing Healthcare (“CHC”)? 2. A brief history of government policy concerning CHC. 3. The legal basis for the provision of NHS...

The failure of privatised adult social care in England: what is to be done?

1. This report looks at the growth in the market in adult social care in England and the problems which have resulted from this. It makes a number of recommendations to address the worst aspects of...

NIASW 2017 NI Assembly Election Manifesto Priorities

NIASW are calling on political parties to commit to address the following two priority issues in the forthcoming Assembly Mandate. Priority 1 - Alleviate social work workforce pressures via...

NIASW Response to the DoH Consultation on Criteria for Reconfiguring Health and Social Care (HSC) Services, January 2017

The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation on criteria for reconfiguring Health and Social Care (HSC) services.

Teenagers in Foster Care: A handbook for foster carers and those that support them

This handbook is aimed at foster carers and those who support them, for example their families, supervising social workers, children’s social workers, teachers, fostering providers and therapists. It...

Somebody Like Me

Young people are facing increasing pressures relating to their appearance. While a focus on the importance of appearance in society is by no means a new phenomenon, many young people today are...

Overlooked and Overrepresented: Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in the youth justice system

This is an analysis of the Children in Custody 2015–16, HM Inspectorate of Prisons data published on the 15 November 2016. The data for the Children in Custody report derives from surveys conducted...

Faulty by design: The state of public-service commissioning

As the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, my role is to make sure the Committee is effective at challenging departments on whether they are getting value for money for the taxpayer. I am...

Supporting carers: Mental health carers’ assessments in policy and practice

The Care Act (2014) came into force in April 2015, with part of its remit to recognise the role and importance of carers, and to give carers greater legislative power. Carers’ assessments are a key...

Mental health problems: Statistics on prevalence and services

This briefing gives information on: • How common mental health problems are in England • The number of people accessing talking therapies for common mental health problems (such as depression and...

Youth Index 2017

Our eighth Youth Index shows that the overall wellbeing of young people in the UK has dropped to its lowest level since the study was launched in 2009. This report reveals that more than a quarter of...

Obesity and the Public Purse: Weighing up the true cost to the taxpayer

In 2014, a 120-page report called ‘How the world could better fight obesity’ was released by the McKinsey Global Institute. The authors were promoting to the world’s governments a set of 44...

An evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme

This report highlights the main findings from an evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme as implemented by the National Implementation Service (NIS). The evaluation of the AdOPt programme was...

Independent research and cost analysis of the use of Just Checking and the Just Right approach to identify appropriate levels of care for adults with learning disabilities

Just Checking and the Just Right approach provide information that can be used to design more appropriate packages of care for adults with learning disabilities or to confirm that packages of care...

The connections between young people’s mental health and sport participation: Scoping the evidence

In this scoping review we focused on the role of sport and organised physical activity in helping to prevent and treat mental health problems in young people, particularly in the 14-25 age group. The...

Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism

Antisemitism is not a new phenomenon but one that constantly mutates and finds new ways to infect society. Over the past ten years, we have developed and implemented national frameworks and local...

Government Response to Home Affairs Committee Report: ‘Anti-Semitism in the UK’

Anti-Semitism continues to be a problem in this country and it is right that as a Government we are able to demonstrate the seriousness with which we take it, as we do for other forms of hate crime...

A progress update to the All-Party Parliamentary Group against Anti-Semitism Inquiry into the rise in the number of anti-Semitic incidents following the Gaza conflict in 2014

In 2015 the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) against Anti-Semitism launched an Inquiry into Anti-Semitism in the UK following the Gaza conflict in 2014. This caused a spike in anti-Semitism in...

The role of public health in the prevention of violence: a statement from the United Kingdom Faculty of Public Health

Public health and health services communities around the globe have a long tradition of working for health improvement, transcending narrow economic and political concerns and the self-interest of...

10 things to know about refugees and displacement

There are over 65 million refugees and displaced people in the world. Most have been displaced for years. But myths and misconceptions remain about the length of displacement, where people are...

Case studies of prevention work in the voluntary sector

The voluntary and community sector (VCS) plays a vital role in supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing. This includes prevention and early help, supporting young people’s engagement in...

What good could look like in integrated psychological services for children, young people and their families

Demand for psychological wellbeing services for children, young people and their families far outstrips capacity. Current services are over-stretched and fragmented, which leads to duplication,...

What good looks like in psychological services for children, young people and their families

Future in Mind was published by the Department of Health in March 2015, heralding a new direction in the provision of services to support the psychological wellbeing and mental health of children,...

State of Child Health Report 2017

‘A vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development.’ Centre for the Developing Child, Harvard. High income countries,...

NIASW Response to the DoH Reform of Adult Care and Support Expert Advisory Panel's Call for Evidence, Jan 2017

These are our children

These are our children and they are known. They occur in every area and they often follow a well-trodden pathway out of their local authority area, never to come back. There is a small group of...

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