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The true value of benefits

06 October 2008

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Providing the means for such things as maintaining a hobby, travelling to visit friends and relatives, or taking part in unpaid voluntary work that can be a route...

Rediscovering the ‘social’ in the biopsychosocial perspective

01 September 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

The issue of mental ill health is a growing priority, and practitioners will face a growing demand for their services and interventions for the foreseeable future....

Excluded from the social inclusion agenda: one person’s story

01 April 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

Social inclusion is high on the government’s agenda. The Social Exclusion Unit’s action plan (Department of Health (DH) 2006) focused on people who have severe and...

Male carers: myth or reality?

01 November 2004

Nursing Older People

Care

The dominant assumption in society is that caring is a female domain and in old age women care for their older husbands. In situations where men are in caring roles...

Reducing poverty in the UK: an important role for nurses

24 October 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses poverty in the UK and its relevance to nurses. It explores the contribution that nurses in primary and secondary care can make to alleviate...

Role of an intensive health outreach team in improving care outcomes

29 October 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

This article examines the development and function of an intensive health outreach team for people with learning disabilities in Gloucestershire. It analyses health...

Child poverty: is it child abuse?

01 October 2005

Paediatric Nursing

General

The UK has one of the highest child poverty rates in the industrialised world: 15.4 per cent of the child population (UNICEF 2005), or an estimated 3.8 million...

Community health assessments

01 November 2004

Primary Health Care

CPD

Community health assessments have become an important part of the work of primary care trusts. As such, community-based nurses need to have a clear understanding of...

Evaluation of a neighbourhood health and wellbeing programme

01 April 2009

Primary Health Care

General

The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) was set up by the government to enable local programmes to take practical action to reduce inequalities in disadvantaged...