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Pay gap in Britain between executives and workers ‘obscene’, says union
Unions have described companies who pay their chief executives huge multiples of their workers average salary as obscene, and called on ministers and shareholders to act to end the “runaway train” of inequality in corporate Britain. A report by the...
Scrap benefit cap to lift 150,000 children out of poverty, says charity
Suspension of cap on universal credit would cost less than summer’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
COVID-19: For the first time in its history UNICEF will help feed children in the UK
UNICEF says it is the first time in its 70-year history that it has responded to a UK “domestic emergency”. Read the full article on this link to sky news Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
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How the government proposes to reform the Mental Health Act
Tim Spencer-Lane sets out how the law governing compulsory treatment would change under the government’s White Paper to reform the MHA. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Long-awaited Mental Health Act overhaul bids to empower patients and tackle racial disparities
White Paper sets out plan to implement much of 2018 review of act including enabling people to nominate a person to help with care decisions and express advance preferences for treatment. Read the full article on this link to Community Care Share...
Smacking children may have lasting impact, research suggests
Call for England to follow Scotland’s lead and give children same protection from violence as adults. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
How Black and ethnic minority mental health patients’ cultural needs frequently go unmet
Ward staff can mistakenly see religious beliefs as symptoms of mental illness and lack confidence in meeting cultural needs, but better training and effective assessments, using the social model, can help, finds research. Read the full article on...
Childhood Obesity Is Associated with Poor Academic Skills and Coping Mechanisms
Objective To assess the relationship between obesity and select childhood flourishing markers including academic skills and coping strategies. Study design Cross-sectional study utilizing parental reported data for children aged 10-17 years (n = 22...
County Lines: How do we tackle the issues and support young people? Free webinar from Leicestershire Cares
In the next free webinar in the #BBBYouthWelfare series, we will be discussing county lines – how criminal gangs target and exploit young people, what the national picture is, the actions being taken locally to tackle and prevent and how we can...