The Alzheimer’s & Dementia Show 2024
The UK’s largest and only event covering all aspects of the fight against Alzheimer’s & dementia from drug discovery to treatment to care. Whether you’re…
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Mental Health
Mind Calls On UK’s Covid-19 Inquiry To Consider Mental Health Impact Of Pandemic
Mental health charity Mind, alongside 30 other organisations, is calling on the UK’s Covid-19 Inquiry to prioritise mental health after it rowed back on previous…
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Mental Health Absences Adding To NHS Staffing Crisis Study Reveals
NHS staffMore than three in ten (31%) NHS employees have had to take time off work with mental health issues in the past year, according…
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Scott Mitchell Named People’s Champion Of The Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission
Scott Mitchell, husband of the late Dame Barbara Windsor and Alzheimer’s Research UK Ambassador, has been appointed People’s Champion of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia…
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System For Protecting Right To Liberty Of Older People With Diminished Capacity In Need Of Reform
In a new report published today titled ‘A Hidden Crisis’ Age UK shines light on a scandal impacting some of our most vulnerable citizens: the effective…
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Mental Health Patients Are Being Failed As They Leave Care, Warns Ombudsman
The safety of mental health patients is being put at risk when they leave inpatient services, leading to a continuous revolving door of care and…
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Tributes Paid to Author And Dementia Campaigner Wendy Mitchell
Tributes have been pouring in for the late Dr Wendy Mitchell, who was diagnosed with dementia and spent years documenting her experience, and who has…
Read more...New BMA Report Highlights ‘Broken’ Mental Health System
A new BMA report, “It’s broken” Doctors’ experiences on the frontline of a failing mental healthcare system”, based on first-hand accounts of doctors working across…
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs May Be Linked To Reduced Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease, Study Suggests
Drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction could also be linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from University College…
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Racism Causes Poor Mental Health And Prevents People Accessing Support, Says New Report
Experiencing racism increases a person’s chances of having poor mental health but also makes it harder for them to get the right support, according to…
Read more...NHS Helps Tens Of Thousands Of People With Mental Health Problems Into Work
More than 40,000 people with mental health problems are being supported back into employment thanks to an NHS programme, new data shows. The figures come…
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Risk of Young Onset Dementia Linked to Health and Lifestyle as Well as Genetics
A new study suggests that a wide range of risk factors, including health and lifestyle factors, could be linked to young onset dementia. Researchers in…
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More Than 2 Million Older People Will Spend Christmas Alone
New statistics from Age UK show just how difficult and lonely this Christmas will be for older people in the UK: 2.3 million older people…
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Exemplar Health Care and Sheffield Hallam University Announce New Partnership
Exemplar Health Care has announced a major new partnership with Sheffield Hallam University, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse universities, marking a significant…
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NHS England Publishes LeDeR Report into the Avoidable Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities
A report which seeks to investigate and learn from the avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability in England has been produced on behalf…
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