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A new report has revealed that around 300,000 disabled people are living in accommodation that does not meet their needs. A report published by charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has accused the government and housing developers of failing disabled people. In 'No Place Like Home', the charity called for the government to...

Sebastian Probst, and Georgina Gethin at the European Wound Management Association outline the challenges of treating wounds in a home care environment. The European Wound Management Association (EWMA) aims to promote best practice in wound management and to advocate for the rights of people with wounds, to receive the best...

Maria Vassilakou, Deputy Mayor of Vienna, gives an overview of the Vienna Urban Development Plan STEP 2025. Vienna is immediately associated with culture, heritage and high quality of life, but this first impression is incomplete. The Vienna metropolitan region has seen an era of dynamic development since the political changes of...

Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes, Military Psychologist, and Director at the Veterans and Families Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, highlights the importance of our armed forces being in excellent mental health. The mental fitness of Britain’s Armed Forces is every bit as important as the physical fitness for which they are rightly...

What is the difference? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) are rising in prevalence. PTSD is a pervasive and devastating anxiety disorder, affecting millions of people, caused by experiencing or witnessing any event that is perceived to be life-threatening to ourselves or others and beyond our control...

Dace Melbarde, Minister for Culture in Latvia gives thought to cultural policies in the country and why the concept of national culture is important. First of all, I have to explain that I believe in the concept of national culture and nation-state in the 21st Century. Among the theorists and...

Annys Darkwa, Managing Director of Vision Housing explains the need for more housing to help re-offenders integrate back into the community

According to a Public Health England (PHE) North West Mental Wellbeing Survey, significant changes in key factors can influence mental wellbeing. The PHE survey found that whilst there has been an increase in people within the region reporting to be in ‘very good’ health (increase of 18.2%), and more people with...