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The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...families and undercover journalists. Indeed, some of the most significant revelations came from an undercover journalist in the BBC’s Panorama documentary on HMP Northumberland which, when aired in January 2017, showed secretly recorded footage of prisoners overdosing on drugs; prisoners threatening an officer with a weapon; and of one prison officer who required...
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What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...families refusing to allow their relatives to return home from hospital but rather insisting that they are found a place in a nursing or care home. Delayed discharge of patients is not a new phenomenon or one that is unique to the United Kingdom. When I was nursing in the 1980s, there were often people on the wards who were not there for medical reasons but because no...
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Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...family, research has explored some of the same issues involved in education settings, suggesting the need for caution in simply asserting that having male role models in schools is beneficial for boys. For example, there is evidence that some male teachers are overly disciplinarian and denigrate the work of female teachers, rather than challenging traditional gender...
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SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...families incorrectly believing that a formal diagnosis is a prerequisite. Therefore, a diagnosis is sought before any support offered. Research also shows that a lack of diagnosis can have a significant impact on individual lives. This ranges from lower grades to lower self-esteem and many things in between. And these impacts are not just felt in childhood but have a...
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Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...family and personal interests. Increasingly, people feel as if they simply live to work rather than work to live. The attempt to increase pay can, therefore, also involve lessening the amount they work for such pay. In Europe there have been interesting experiments with reducing the working day while maintaining or even increasing pay. David Crouch looks at one such...
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What makes a great Christmas number one?
History & The Arts

What makes a great Christmas number one?

...family unity - which allows Bob the Builder (2003) and even Mr Blobby (1993) to achieve pop success. Songs that get to number one at Christmas often draw on a spirit of community and togetherness. Musically, songs that are successful at Christmas often feature massed backing choirs which allude to religious choral traditions - check out the massed gospel voices backing...
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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...Family members and close friends are often affected by the progress of a loved one's dementia due to little help and lack of understanding. Carers can be overworked and dementia sufferers distressed as there is an insufficiency of support and resources. [A woman speaks to her grandmother who has dementia] What are the symptoms? Every person will experience dementia...
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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...family to use it had. We can see that little picture of a heart comes up, which is very cute. Just like a sort of heart you use in love, actually. And there you go-- 140 over 84 for blood pressure, pulse of 62. So you know your numbers, and you can adjust your life accordingly. But in the ancient world, numbers really don't play a part. Let's think about lovesickness,...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs