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Adult Headlines Mental Health

Charity warns of pandemic rise in problem debts

Debt charity StepChange has warned that households experiencing problem debt were already facing a cost ...

Adult Headlines Health Physical Disabilities

Childhood emotional trauma linked to heightened MS risk among women

Childhood trauma may be linked to a heightened risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in later ...

Care Headlines

Unpaid carers hit by real terms cut in benefits

Charity Carers UK has warned that 930,000 unpaid carers will suffer a real terms cut ...

Adult Headlines Mental Health

Pandemic shielding doubled depressive symptoms in over 50s

Older people who were shielding throughout the pandemic were nearly twice as likely to experience ...

Care Headlines Mental Health Safeguarding

New guidance targets mistakes in aftercare of mental health patients

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman ...

Care Headlines In Practice Social Care Management

Wellbeing of care workers must be part of reform

The health and wellbeing needs of the social care workforce must be brought in line ...

Adult Headlines News

Report warns of inappropriate conditions on benefit claimants

A new report has warned that job centres are imposing impossible conditions on Universal Credit ...

Adult Headlines Health Mental Health

Researchers identify new genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s

Researchers in Europe, the US and Australia have identified 75 regions of the human genome that ...

Adult Headlines Young People

Government job scheme falls short of target

The government has revealed that its flagship Kickstart youth jobs scheme had only created 160,000 ...

Care Headlines News Social Care Management

Warnings as new health and care tax comes into force

The new Health and Social Care Levy takes effect today, increasing the tax payments of ...