Mental Health

News, practice information and opinion on mental health social work

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Animals and social care: send us your pictures

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The 10 strangest animals that are making a difference in social care

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NHS trust investigated ‘too few’ deaths of mental health and learning disability patients

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Independent best interests assessors invited to sign up to central list

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Deprivation of liberty assessments taking ‘50% longer’ than predicted

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Councils warned over moves to delay deprivation of liberty referrals

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Best interest assessors have high levels of job satisfaction despite heavy workloads

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Councils still in funding crisis despite welcome recognition for adults’ social care

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How social workers are helping other professionals understand mental capacity

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Pilot to open Court of Protection to the public

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Practice example: the approved mental health professional as an advocate

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Children’s services could be hit by deprivation of liberty burden after High Court ruling

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Learning disabled people will get named social workers to ‘challenge’ NHS decisions

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David Cameron’s mental health funding claims don’t stack up

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Last chance to take our radicalisation survey

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First drop in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications since ‘Cheshire West’ ruling

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