By Heather Cameron Last week saw George Clooney launch a campaign to feed the homeless at Christmas by donating the first £5. When visiting Edinburgh’s branch of Scotland’s not-for-profit sandwich shop, Social Bite, last month, Clooney filmed a video clip ....
by Stacey Dingwall Recent months have seen two enquiries to our Ask a Researcher service for evidence on sugar consumption in the UK. Namely: should this be taxed? Sugar has become somewhat of a villain in the UK, with magazine articles, ....
“Current assessments focus more on harm to the child and its causation than on capacity to change” The assessments undertaken by social workers on children who are on the edge of care are significant. Very few, if any, assessments are ....
Talking about sexuality and intimacy can be an awkward and, for some, taboo subject, particularly when the people we are discussing are parents or elderly relatives. However, in a care setting, where a relative has been moved into care, sexuality, sexual ....
By Heather Cameron It is widely acknowledged that wider social, economic and environmental factors have a significant influence on health and wellbeing. According to recent research only 20% of health outcomes are attributable to clinical care and the quality of ....
By Morwen Johnson The news that budget pressures have affected councils’ ability to carry out research in adult social care won’t come as any surprise to those working in the sector. Councils have cut £4.6bn from adult social care ....
By Rebecca Jackson ‘Neglect is a complex issue but art can help, so let it’. That was one of the key messages to come out of a seminar session held at Strathclyde University last week. The seminar is one of ....
“Society is paying the costs – alcohol-related harm is now estimated to cost society £21 billion annually.” So said David Cameron, launching the UK government’s alcohol strategy in 2012. The prime minister was echoing the widely held view that alcohol ....
Last week the Alliance for Useful Evidence and The Social Innovation Partnership published an evidence ecosystem map, designed to give a picture of the diversity of organisations involved in supporting evidence use in the government and public sector. We were ....
By Stacey Dingwall On Friday 11 September 2015 I attended the annual seminar of the Public Health Information Network for Scotland (PHINS) at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Now in its 16th year, the event provides an opportunity to keep up ....
