Trust Closes Mental Health Ward in Bid to Cut Costs (RedNova)

Trust Closes Mental Health Ward in Bid to Cut Costs (RedNova)
By Anonymous A mental health ward at a hospital in Leicester has been closed as part of plans to save the trust 4.6 million by the end of this financial year.

Cultural Competence in Health Visiting Practice: a Baseline Survey (RedNova)

Cultural Competence in Health Visiting Practice: a Baseline Survey (RedNova)
By Jackson, Angela Knight Abstract The aim of this research study is to explore health visitors’ beliefs, knowledge and practice in cultural competence.

Many school cafeterias don’t get health checks (Contra Costa Times)

Many school cafeterias don’t get health checks (Contra Costa Times)
Millions of children eat in school cafeterias that don’t get the twice-yearly health inspections required by Congress to help prevent food poisoning. Schools are supposed to get two visits from health inspectors every year. But one in 10 schools didn’t get inspected at all last year, according to Agriculture Department data obtained by the Associated Press. Thirty percent were visited only once.