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Please see the below link for Career in Research Webinar (NIHR) .
Career in Research Webinar
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/2026/05/19-may-2026/
In this edition:
- Drug use in ethnic minority groups: a review and recommendations
- Maternity experience survey 2025: national qualitative report
- Reducing waiting times from referral to assessment for routine community CYP mental health services
- Psychology Matters: “When you work in community-based health and social care, you see very quickly that people’s wellbeing is shaped by their circumstances”
- Government to transform mental health care with new strategy
- UK using harmful habits to manage mental health
- Plus much more
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Latest Research
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Please see the link below for the latest Research.
Neighbourhood health framework.
Department of Health and Social Care & NHS England; 2026.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neighbourhood-health-framework
[How ICBs, local authorities, health and wellbeing boards and other partners should create and deliver neighbourhood health services.]
Freely available online
The Economic Case for Preventing Mental Ill Health.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); 2026.
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-economic-case-for-preventing-mental-ill-health_16668f16-en.html
[Focusing on depression and anxiety, this report sets out the strong economic case for investing in better mental health policies. It shows how evidence‑based interventions in primary care, schools, and workplaces can improve health outcomes and boost economic growth through improved productivity and labour market participation. Many of these interventions are cost‑effective and some cost‑saving. However the overall impact of these interventions remains low due to lack of implementation at scale.]
Freely available online
NHS England messaging user engagement: findings from group interviews with VCSE practitioner and lived experience partners.
National Voices; 2026.
https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/publication/nhs-england-messaging-understanding-inclusive-digital-communication/
[National Voices was commissioned by NHS England to strengthen the evidence base on how NHS messages can be designed and delivered in ways that prompt action while remaining inclusive for groups most at risk of exclusion. The work focused on four target groups: older people, parents and carers, digitally excluded people, and people facing language barriers. Findings show how NHS England can design inclusive messaging.]
Freely available online
Latest MECC bulletin
Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin
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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.
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Latest Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin
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The latest Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service can now be viewed at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/bulletins/suicide-prevention/
This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.
In this issue:
- Slower motor speed as a predictor of suicide attempts in high-risk youth
- Suicide prevention must address homelessness, not just mental health
- Only 3% of suicides linked to domestic abuse result in prosecution, data shows
- The Role of Nurse Practitioners in the Reframing of Suicide Risk
- Plus much more
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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.]