The February issue of Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica has been published. This issue includes articles on placebo effects in adult and adolescent patients with schizophrenia, a systematic review of serotonin and aggressive behaviour in children and adolescents, and the association of religiosity with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in the United Kingdom.
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UK 20-year vision for antimicrobial resistance
Department of Health and Social Care, January 2019
This report sets out how the UK will contribute to containing and controlling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by 2040. The vision and plan were developed across the government, its agencies and administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with support from a range of stakeholders. It is supported by the UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024.
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Suicide prevention: cross-government plan
Department of Health and Social Care, January 2019
This policy paper sets out how the government will work with the NHS, local government and the voluntary sector to reduce suicides. It sets out the actions being taken up to 2020 to carry out the suicide prevention strategy for England.
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State of Child Health: Two Years On
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, January 2019
This report provides and update on progress made against the policy recommendations in the RCPCH State of Child Health 2017 report. The RCPCH congratulates the Government on its commitment to child health, commending them on bold pledges in areas such as obesity, mental health and the integration of children’s health services. However, the report also shows that England continues to lag behind other Western European countries on a range of child health outcomes including reducing child poverty and inequality, infant mortality, tobacco and alcohol control, and breastfeeding.
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The effects and costs of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: The REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487318806358
This NIHR-funded trial included 216 participants from four primary and secondary care centres across the UK.
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Pelvic floor muscle training can improve symptoms of urinary incontinence
Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, January 2019
This systematic review included 31 trials and 1,817 women with any type of incontinence; stress, urgency or mixed urinary incontinence.
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Library bulletins – January 2019
The Gosall Library, January 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on Health and Wellbeing, Dementia, Depression, and Learning Disabilities.
Winter is coming. HealthTech is here
Demos, January 2019
The report is based on discussions held with to leading healthcare professionals and HealthTech innovators about the challenge of ending the annual winter crisis, and the opportunities and barriers in using technology and diagnostics to ease the burden.
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Revising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice: call for evidence
Ministry of Justice, January 2019
This call for evidence will aim to seek views and contributions from a range of stakeholders, to develop a robust evidence base which will inform revisions made to the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
The consultation closes on 7th March 2019.
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A place to grow
The Health Foundation, January 2019
Exploring the future health of young people in five sites across the UK.
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