NEW – Education Bulletin available

The latest Education Bulletin produced the library team at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is available on this blog for the first time. If you are unable to access any of the articles included, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin available

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

download.cfm (gmmh.nhs.uk)

What can the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector offer to support provider collaboratives?

Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are in a unique position to support provider collaboratives and bring innovation, expertise, experience and resources to the organisations they work with, work by the NHS Confederation has found.

The NHS Confederation carried out research speaking to a wide range of provider collaboratives and VCSEs about their experiences of working together, across all stages of the journey in order to better understand the way VCSE organisations are working with provider collaboratives.

Exploring and understanding the VCSE sector in provider collaboratives | NHS Confederation

Dementia awareness bulletin available

The latest Dementia Awareness bulletin, produced by the Evidently Better team at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, is now available. If you are unable to access any of the articles included please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

https://www.evidentlybetter.org/dementia/2023/08/23-august-2023/

How can people with mental health difficulties best have their social needs supported?http://www.lihnnhs.info/lancashirecarelibraryblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CentreforMH_Briefing61SocialNeeds.pdf

A briefing by the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit (MHPRU) at University College London (UCL) and King’s College London (KCL) finds that Individual Placement and Support employment services and Housing First support for homeless people both have robust evidence of their effectiveness in supporting people with mental health difficulties into work and homes respectively. There is also clear evidence that social security policies have a major impact on people with mental health difficulties: policies that restrict access to benefits or reduce entitlements worsen people’s mental health and vice versa.