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Could focusing on recovery enable workforce ambitions?

In this blog post for the King’s Fund, Dr Sonya Wallbank argues that rather than just focus on occupational health once individuals are too unwell to work, the NHS needs to build an ongoing recovery and support offer that encourages good health and wellbeing among staff and the services they deliver. 

Enabling the workforce plan ambitions by focusing on recovery   | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

Suicide Prevention bulletin

The latest Suicide Prevention bulletin from Mersey Care’s Evidently Better team is now available. If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Suicide Prevention – Evidently Better

And if you are interested in suicide prevention strategy, take a look at next week’s Lunch and Learn on suicide prevention across LSCFT.

Strategies to improve the supply of clinical staff to the NHS

An analysis by the Nuffield Trust sets out the scale of NHS attrition and puts forward a 10-point plan to improve retention, including a policy proposal to gradually write off clinicians’ student debt over 10 years.

Waste not, want not (nuffieldtrust.org.uk)

Survey reveals issues children feel unhappy about

In this year’s Children’s Society survey of children’s feelings, nearly one-third of the children aged 10 to 17 surveyed expressed unhappiness in at least one of ten areas of their lives. While 74 per cent were optimistic about their personal futures, less than 40 per cent felt positive about the future of their country and the world. Notably, 14.5 per cent of respondents were dissatisfied with school, the highest among the surveyed aspects.

The surveyed children worried about family finances reported higher overall unhappiness, particularly regarding their homes, money, possessions and personal choices. Among future concerns, having enough money topped the list, followed by finding employment and academic success. In societal issues, rising prices and environmental concerns were prominent worries among the surveyed children.

The Good Childhood Report 2023.pdf (childrenssociety.org.uk)

How can poor health and health inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities be improved

A report has outlined how some of the starkest inequalities in access to healthcare in England and the most dire mental health outcomes are experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities .

The report by the NHS Race and Health Observatory– Inequalities in Mental Health Care for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities: Identifying Best Practice explores a lack of mental health care provision for these communities, captures first hand insight; and highlights good practice examples from six effective services across England, most of them run by voluntary Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations.  

Inequalities-for-Gypsy-Roma-Traveller-Main-Report-Sept-2023.pdf (nhsrho.org)