Latest Dementia bulletin

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The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2026/05/12-may-2026/

In this issue:

  • Closing the dementia awareness gap: why the UK needs a national dementia risk reduction campaign
  • Could an at-home blood test and brain testing help screen people for dementia?
  • How Weight Loss Drugs May Benefit the Brain
  • Alzheimer’s Society research exposes shortfall in dementia training
  • Plus much more

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Research in Practice

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Please see the following link :

Trauma-informed approaches to maternal mental health | Research in Practice

Health and social care professionals play a vital role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of mothers during and after pregnancy. Explore Research in Practice resources to support trauma-informed practice for Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.  

Latest Depression & Anxiety bulletin

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The latest Depression & Anxiety Bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/05/11-may-2026/

In this edition:

  • Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS
  • Mental illness is pregnancy’s number one complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it
  • Supported housing crisis costs NHS mental health services in England £102 million a year
  • MDMA-assisted therapy for depression: a promising but early first step
  • Plus much more

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Mental Health Report

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Spiralling cost of mental health patients stuck in acute hospitals revealed.
HSJ: Health Service Journal 2026;(27 April):7041548.
[Hospital trusts are spending millions of pounds a year on expensive temporary staff to look after mental health patients stranded in emergency departments and acute wards, HSJ has learnt. Figures released to HSJ by 70 acute trusts showed several trusts in cities spent more than £1m each during 2025 on additional agency staffing to care for patients waiting for mental health treatment, and with no physical care need.]
Available with appropriate registration or membership

Prison leavers in substance misuse treatment: 4-week outcomes.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID); 2026.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-leavers-in-substance-misuse-treatment-4-week-outcomes

[Analysis of mortality and re-incarceration rates within 4 weeks of release for prison leavers receiving substance misuse treatment in England.

The main report and accompanying data tables present information and findings from this analysis, including demographic and offending characteristics and mortality and re-incarceration rates for prison leavers receiving substance misuse treatment.]


Hantavirus

Hantavirus: human-to-human infection transmission parameters.

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA); 2026.

Human-to-human hantavirus transmission: incubation, infectious period, asymptomatic or presymptomatic transmission and transmission routes: a systematic evidence summary.

Access here: Hantavirus: human-to-human infection transmission parameters – GOV.UK (Freely available)

Latest Community Health Bulletin

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The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/05/7-may-2026/

In this edition:

  • Government response to the report ‘The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus’
  • “More Than Missing School”
  • Adopting a greener lens on mental health
  • NHS overhauls clinical standards to reduce maternal deaths
  • Overwhelmed community mental health nurses raise alarm over staffing and caseloads
  • Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law
  • Plus much more

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Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin

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Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin   The link below is to the latest edition of this current awareness bulletin on the Trust Library webpage. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will take you to either the abstract or a full text version.  

https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/download/forensic-psychiatry-march-2026pdf.pdf?ver=24087&doc=docm93jijm4n18161.pdf  

Some of the references contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access reference, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via a GMMH Athens Account login.

Some of the references may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library.  

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Dementia Bulletin

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The latest dementia bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service has now been published at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2026/03/30-march-2026/

In this issue:   Association of diabetes severity with cognitive function in US adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the AI-READI multicentre cohort SAFER-Dem: generating co-designed adaptations to a discharge care planning bundle for people living with dementia Nutritional status, Mediterranean diet adherence, and quality of life in older adults with dementia: A cross-sectional study Plus much more   Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this
bulletin.    

Depression & Anxiety bulletin

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The latest Depression & Anxiety Bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/04/31-march-2026/

In this edition:   Can crisis planning reduce repeat sectioning? FINCH feasibility trial Prevalence and related factors of anxiety symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder and a history of recent suicide attempts: cross-sectional study Preconception mental health and developmental vulnerability at school entry: population based cohort study Plus much more
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Learning Disabilities Bulletin

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Dear all,   Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!   To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in this form   The latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability/2026/03/12-march-2026-2/  
In this edition:   Hospitalisations and deaths due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions among adults with and without intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a cohort study Non-Substance Addictive Behaviors Among People with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review Low-Dose Lithium for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Webinar recording: Introducing the Working Together Checker Connected Care – Highlights and insights from the 2026 Growing Older with Learning Disabilities Conference Good Lives depend on good support: new report on pay in adult social care Plus much more
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