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2008March 17 Making Recovery a RealityThis paper says mental health services need to change radically to focus on recovery. They need to demonstrate success in helping service users to get their lives back and giving service users the chance to make their own decisions about how they live their lives. Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health455kb
2008February 22 Tradespeople asbestos awareness surveyAlthough asbestos exposure is Britain’s biggest workplace killer, anecdotal and qualitative evidence suggests tradespeople know very little about asbestos beyond the simple fact that it is dangerous and possibly even less about mesothelioma itself. The British Lung Foundation therefore decided to carry out a quantitative survey in order to identify knowledge gaps more clearly.British Lung Foundation128kb
2008February 20 More responsive public services: A guide to commissioning migrant and refugee community organisationsThis guide is essential reading for public service commissioners, for migrant and refugee community organisations, and for the bodies that support them. It will help them deliver services that meet the needs of refugees and new migrants, while simultaneously promoting the role of migrant and refugee community organisations.Joseph Rowntree Foundation608kb
2008January 17 Public attitudes towards HIV 2007This report presents the findings of a survey among the British public about knowledge of and attitudes towards HIV. The research was conducted by Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute on behalf of the National AIDS Trust.National AIDS Trust3.5mb
2008January 8 Disability Poverty in the UKExecutive summary. Disability Poverty in the UK is a ground-breaking report that not only looks at financial poverty but also poverty of opportunity and emotional poverty that disabled people face in the UK. Leonard Cheshire Disability61kb
2008January 8 Disability Poverty in the UKFull report. Disability Poverty in the UK is a ground-breaking report that not only looks at financial poverty but also poverty of opportunity and emotional poverty that disabled people face in the UK. Leonard Cheshire Disability195kb
2008January 7 The future of care funding: Time for a changeCaring Choices, a coalition of 15 organisations from across the long-term care system, sought to gather the views of older people, carers and others with direct experience of the system on how care should best be funded in the future. It was born out of widespread and growing concern that the current long-term care funding system is not fit for purpose.Caring Choices930kb
2008January 7 Like any other child? Children and families in the asylum processThis report is about one of the UK’s most marginalised groups – asylum-seeking and refugee children and families. Since 2002, we estimate more than 40,000 children have arrived or been born in the UK in asylumseeking families. There could be over 100,000 in total caught up in a backlogged asylum system which includes cases going back more than 10 yearsBarnados382kb
2008January 4 2007 Scottish Smoking Cessation ConferenceThe following article has been written about the Smoking Cessation Conference. Glasgow played hosted to Scotland's first ever Smoking Cessation in December, bringing together 200 practitioners from across the country to discuss smoking cessation policy, latest research, and good practice in Scotland, with a special focus on health inequalities.ASH Scotland52kb
2007December 13 Mental Health at Work: Developing the business caseThis paper discusses the importance to employers of mental health problems in the workforce. Drawing on UK and international evidence, it seeks to identify all the key effects of mental ill health and stress at work and, wherever possible, to quantify these in financial terms.The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health291kb

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