Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin available

The latest Perinatal Mental Health bulletin produced by the library team at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust is now available. If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

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Care affected by poor communication, Demos report finds

A Demos report has found that more than half (55%) of people have experienced poor communications from NHS in the past five years and one in ten say their care has been affected as a result. It says good communication should not be seen as a ‘nice to have’, but as fundamental to the functioning of the NHS.

Preventing-needless-harms-caused-by-poor-comms-in-the-NHS-1.pdf (demos.co.uk)

“Being a young carer, you have to choose between your future and the future of the person you care for.”

The first parliamentary inquiry on young carers, supported by Carers Trust, reveals a lack of support severely affecting education, wellbeing, and future prospects for them. The report urges a national carers strategy, a properly resourced action plan, and collaboration with young carers for improved identification and support.

APPG on Young Carers and Young Adult Carers- Inquiry into life opportunities – Carers Trust

State of Caring Survey 2023 – The impact of caring on: health

A Carers UK report on caring and health finds that a widespread lack of support and recognition from health and care services is severely damaging unpaid carers’ mental health. It highlights how people caring round the clock for older, disabled or seriously ill relatives do not have adequate support from statutory services that are in place to help them and finds many are steeped in thoughts of hopelessness, fear, and dread and are urgently in need of support.

State of Caring Survey 2023 – The impact of caring on: health | Carers UK