Mental Health
Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »
The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Community sentences are not meeting their potential to keep offenders with mental health problems out of prison, a new report has claimed. Research by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health published today claims few people are given a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) by the courts as they are poorly understood and… Read more »
Self-harm among members of the Armed Forces is on the rise, a study released today has concluded. Findings published in the March edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry based on individuals presenting themselves to an Oxfordshire hospital between 1989 and 2003 noted an 80 per cent increase. Female personnel were especially at risk of… Read more »
