Latest carer and mental health news for May by carer activist and author Matthew McKenzie
May 2023 Carer and Mental Health news <- read more news items here
For the May edition on unpaid caring and mental health we have
Write to your MP – Carers Week – Stop asking your MP about potholes in the road, ask them something about the state of social care.
Carers’ Assessments webinar 16 May 2023 – Carers UK webinar on Carers Assessments
Somerset Carers Week 2023 – Somerset Carers centre promotion of Carers Week 2023
Northamptonshire Carers Podcast Episode 3 – Spring is in the air – Podcast about the caring and unpaid carers.
Carers Trust Heart of England once again awarded Coventry young carers contract – Well done Carers Trust Heart of England
Right to unpaid leave for carers set to become law – Splended campaign from Wendy Chamberlin.
Richmond Carer’s Centre – Supporting young carers – Richond carers campaign.
Give feedback on care – CQC – Important to give to CQC if you are a carer
Facilitators’guide: NHS@75 – Guide to help explain NHS England;s campaign
POhWER – Got a complaint? Need an Advocate? PohWER can help
RESEARCH PAPERS
Caregiver wellbeing during Covid-19: does being hopeful play a role? – Paper written by Juliana Onwumere, Elizabeth Kuipers, Emilie Wildman, Ava Mason, Daniel Stahl
Family intervention for psychosis: Impact of training on clinicians’ attitudes, knowledge and behaviour – Paper written by Jacqueline Sin, Steven Livingstone, Maria Griffiths, Catherine Gamble
In one’s own time: Contesting the temporality and linearity of bereavement – Paper done by Katherine Kenny, Alex Broom, Emma Kirby and Damien Ridge
Diversity BAME Mental health news updates
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