http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Over 70 per cent of people who hold a personal budget for social care said it led to greater independence and support according to the latest survey. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-survey-reveals-success-personal-social.html Health Thu, 23 May 2013 09:10:03 EST news288517368 An innovative study led by The University of Nottingham is to investigate whether arts and humanities can help improve the mental health and well-being of patients and carers alike. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-humanity-healthcare.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 08 May 2013 08:30:02 EST news287219504 Experts from Kingston University and St George's, University of London, have launched a study to examine whether people caring for family members who have had a stroke feel the social care services designed to support them, work well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-caretakers-survivors-social.html Health Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:21:30 EST news282907284 Support services for people living with HIV will benefit from better information about prosecutions for the sexual transmission of HIV, according to a report released today by researchers from Sigma Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Birkbeck, University of London. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-guidance-hiv-transmission-law.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:00:04 EST news281723817 With reports of abuse in care settings rising, it has never been more vital that staff are trained to provide the highest standards of care to vulnerable people. In Cornwall there were instances where vulnerable adults had suffered abuse and neglect. For this reason Cornwall Council enlisted the help of ESRC-funded researchers from Plymouth University to improve training for their social care workforce. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-social-cornwall.html Health Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:50:53 EST news277383043 A major new report on joint commissioning in health and social care has found the perceived benefits of collaborative working, such as efficiency savings and improvements to services, often lagged behind the reality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-benefits-joint-commissioning-lag-reality.html Other Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:23:42 EST news276935013 A major study of the experiences of older people moving between health and care services published today highlights significant problems in the quality of the service they received. The researchers from the University of Birmingham's Health Services Management Centre found that too often older people were excluded from decisions and carers in particular felt undervalued by statutory providers. This is despite patient and carer involvement being a central aim of current NHS reforms, championed by the phrase "Nothing about me, without me". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-adrift-foreign-highlights-older-people.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:33:08 EST news267341570