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As part of our launch coverage for the new Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, we are very proud to host an acutely personal account of mental crisis from Michael J Bevan, County Councillor, Sherborne Rural Division, Dorset County Council. It …
The years 2001/02 were dark, bleak and dismal ones for me. My domestic life and career were both in turmoil, my marriage was breaking down, I had acute debt problems and was constantly bullied at work. They were months of …
Listen to Minister for Care and Support Norman Lamb, Metropolitan Police Commander Christine Jones and former boxer, now campaigner on mental health issues, Frank Bruno endorse the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat's aims on a visit to an NHS trust …
Catering for the health and care needs of our growing and aging population is a national priority, explains Kristian Hibberd, Communications Manager, Local Government Association. Reforming our care and support system is vital for us to be able to meet …
All too often, it's the negative issues around adult social care which attract the headlines, obscuring the fact that the care sector is a vibrant and rewarding place to work. Care workers and their employers should be rightly proud of …
Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb, and Director General of the Association of British Insurers, Otto Thoresen, have signed a joint ‘statement of intent’ committing to work together to improve access to financial information and promote a wider choice of …
The Department of Health opened up a public consultation last spring to seek people’s views on new topics for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to produce social care quality guidance and standards on from 2015 onwards. …
Today, Norman Lamb, Minister for Care and Support and Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister launched a new set of measures to do more to help the one in four people who will suffer from a mental health problem at some …
West Midlands promotes new health, care and wellbeing web platform In the West Midlands, as part of our approach to integration in the region we are launching a web platform which brings together people and intelligence across the health, care …
The Better Care Fund will provide £3.8 billion to local services to give elderly and vulnerable an improved health and social system - and now it's your chance to get involved. The Fund exists to generate real momentum in the …