Lancashire & South Cumbria Library Blog

This report from the Department of Health and Social Care outlines government plans to support growth and prosperity in rural areas. It looks at investing in the rural economy and removing barriers to enterprise, delivering affordable housing and sustainable energy and access to health and care services.

Unleashing rural opportunity (publishing.service.gov.uk)

The NHS Confederation has published a report on supporting trans and non binary healthcare staff. Developed in partnership with the LGBT Foundation, the report includes new data from a survey and interviews with trans and non-binary people in the NHS. It finds that 55 per cent experienced transphobia in the workplace and 47 per cent experienced negative or stereotypical assumptions about their gender identity. It aims to support leaders to become effective, active allies to their health care staff; take action to ensure working environments are inclusive and guide decision-making when developing policies for trans and non-binary staff.

Leading-for-all-supporting-trans-non-binary-healthcare-staff_2023.pdf (nhsconfed.org)

The latest Eating Disorders bulletin, now produced by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Trust Library Service, is now available. If you are unable to access any of the articles included in the bulletin please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

What can the 2021 census tell us about the number of disabled people in England? Think tank the King’s Fund’s Saoirse Mallorie and Lotte Row consider the numbers and warn against relying on just one data source.

Struggling to be heard: understanding the experience of disabled people in England | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

NHS England has published a guide aiming to help health and social care workers provide dementia care, which corresponds to the needs and wishes of people from a wide range of ethnic groups, especially minority ethnic groups.

NHS England » Intercultural dementia care guide

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