Resources to support work around Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Click here to explore Research in Practice resources to support Mental Health Awareness Week, including:

Supporting mental health and wellbeing | Research in Practice
Don’t forget you can also post and respond to requests on the ‘Peer Support’ channel. You can access this and the Updates channel by switching from your organisations Teams to ours – in Teams click on your organisations name/your icon and select National Childrens Bureau from the dropdown list.

New Practice Guide

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New Practice Guide: Working with Autistic Parents [children & families]

This new Practice Guide outlines a neuroinclusive practice approach to working with families, rooted in the values of the neurodiversity paradigm and social justice approaches. It aims to build practitioners understanding of Autistic parenting within the framework of social care assessment, support and intervention.

The guide accompanies a Frontline Briefing that supports practitioners to enhance their understanding of autism, seeking to facilitate a shift towards more inclusive practices.

Despite greater visibility of autism, there are still many barriers faced by Autistic children, young people and their families. In a new blog, we examine key legislative and policy changes that are underway, highlighting implications for practice.  

Find out more: Improving support for Autistic parents and children | Research in Practice

Adult Aphasia, Dysarthria and Dysphagia: June 2026

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New training via MS Teams available from the Academy Library:

Some articles are accessible with an OpenAthens username and password. To register for this please visit https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ (it is best to use an NHS PC to do this)

If you are unable to access any of the full references and work for RUH or our partner organisations, please let us know and we will source them for you.

Adult aphasia dysphagia dysarthria June 2026.docx by Academic Library

Latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin

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Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in this form

The latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability/2026/06/16-june-2026-3/


In this edition:

  • Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
  • Supporting SEND reform: developing the Experts at Hand offer
  • Looking into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism (easy read)
  • Attachment and caregiving in families with parental learning disabilities
  • Nearly half of UK employers fear getting it wrong when employing people with learning disabilities
  • New scheme to strengthen the future of learning disability nursing
  • Plus much more

please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.

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Eating Disorders Bulletin: June 2026

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Please find the June bulletin for Eating Disorders attached. We hope this helps to keep you up to date with current awareness in this area of clinical work. Some articles are freely accessible, others require access to Open Athens. You can create a free account here: OpenAthens | Registration or get back in touch with the library for any further support regarding accessibility to articles.

For any further support regarding evidence based practice, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Eating Disorder Bulletin – June 2026 .pdf by Academic Library

Research in Practice

New Webinar: Attachment and caregiving in families with parental learning disabilities

This webinar, for the Working Together with Parents Network, will explore findings from doctoral research on parenting capacity and attachment in the context of parents with a learning disability.

The facilitators will draw on their research and clinical interests in working with adults with learning disabilities and will discuss the implications for practice and the need for more inclusive and context-sensitive approaches to understanding attachment and caregiving in families where parents have learning disabilities.

Find out more here: Attachment, caregiving, and parental learning disabilities | Research in Practice

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

please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.


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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