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Partnering is a verb

Partnership working can be transformative – if it works well. Here we share two techniques, observed as part of the Healthy Communities Together programme, that can help in forming healthy partnerships.
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By Jo Maybin, Deborah Fenney - 4 November 2021 4-minute read
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We need to move from person-centred to community-centred services

Angela Fell, Director of Northern Heart and Soul in Wigan, outlines why we should move beyond person-centred services to a community-centred approach in order to transform people's health and wellbeing.
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By Angela Fell - 3 September 2021 4-minute read
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Reforming the Mental Health Act: The King’s Fund’s response

Data, funding and workforce – if the government wants its proposed reforms to the MHA to create change these system-wide enablers are as important as individual changes to legislation. Helen Gilburt consider the issues.
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By Helen Gilburt - 24 March 2021
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Covid-19 one year on: how can the health and care system recover?

As we reach the one-year anniversary of the start of lockdown in the United Kingdom, Richard Murray outlines how a whole-system response will best support staff and patients and help to tackle inequalities.
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By Richard Murray - 23 March 2021 4-minute read
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A tale of two Acts: the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act, and their interface

Helen Gilburt shares her research into how mental health and social care professionals make decisions around whether to detain people with mental disorders under the Mental Health Act or the Mental Capacity Act – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Her research uncovered a range of understandings and misunderstandings which impact on practice.
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By Helen Gilburt - 9 February 2021 4-minute read
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