Tag: Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust

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/2026/06/16-june-2026/

In this edition:

  • Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
  • Lord Mann review on antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
  • Supporting people with frailty outside hospitals
  • Embedding co-design and participation in early years services
  • Dismissed, siloed and misunderstood: Our mental health system is failing women
  • A new Online NHS Trust for specialist care
  • Plus much more

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Latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin

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Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

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


In this edition:

  • Virtual Consultations for People With Intellectual Disabilities in General Practice and Community Care: Mixed Methods Qualitative Study
  • Bowel cancer care in individuals with an intellectual disability: a population-based cohort study of symptoms, diagnostic pathways, treatment and survival
  • Maternal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Infant Outcomes
  • Supporting People Leaving Long-Stay Hospitals and The Role of Peer Advocacy
  • Children with SEND face safety risks in schools, new survey finds
  • People with learning disabilities help to develop Easy Read resources
  • Plus much more

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Latest Neurodiversity Bulletin

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Welcome to the new Neurodiversity Bulletin!

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The latest Neurodiversity Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/neurodiversity/2026/06/16-june-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
  • The high cost of undiagnosed and untreated ADHD: Unequal mental‑health access and the care economy
  • How gaps in education, work and welfare support can push neurodivergent people into homelessness
  • Can We Talk About Suicide Among Men with ADHD?
  • Local areas prepare new Experts at Hand teams
  • Unlocking dyslexic potential: our new strategy for 2026 to 2030
  • Plus much more

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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/2026/06/23-june-2026/

In this edition:

  • Suffering is not inevitable: a thematic analysis of a roundtable on ADHD and mental health
  • When staff wellbeing programmes backfire: lessons from a systematic review of mental health ward interventions
  • Should we wait until age 13 before giving our kids a smartphone?
  • Long-term disparities and mediators of psychological distress in mothers with and without out-of-home care experience: analysis of prospective cohort data
  • Plus much more

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Latest Depression and 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/2026/05/26-may-2026/

In this edition:

  • Government to transform mental health care with new strategy
  • UK’s ‘anxious generation’ of young people struggling to adapt to workplace
  • Half a million children attended A&E in mental health crisis, as RCN calls for wider roll-out of mental health A&Es and for action on social determinants
  • Ethnic minority carers’ experiences of in-patient mental healthcare: qualitative study
  • Plus much more

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Latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin

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Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

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The latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability/2026/05/19-may-2026-3/


In this edition:

  • Frequency of mixed neuropathologies in individuals with down syndrome with and without Alzheimer’s dementia
  • Immediate and Underlying Causes of Death and Survival Rates in Aging Adults With Down Syndrome
  • Acts of Hope for Good Lives
  • Are Migraines Being Missed in People with Learning Disabilities?
  • CBF Announces Making it Matter Project
  • Attachment and caregiving by parents with learning disabilities: lessons from research
  • Plus much more

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Latest Neurodiversity Bulletin

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Welcome to the new Neurodiversity Bulletin!

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The latest Neurodiversity Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/neurodiversity/2026/05/19-may-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Fit-for-purpose Psychological Interventions to Support the Well-Being of Autistic Adults: A Systematic Review
  • Neurodiversity Pocket Guide
  • The Orthodoxy of PBS in Schools
  • Madness in Education: Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting a Different Outcome
  • As the definition of autism expands, are we losing sight of those with the greatest needs?
  • Tourette’s Awareness Month 2026 – No Choice
  • Plus much more

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Latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin

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Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

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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

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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 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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