Nick Clegg has written an article for the Huffington Post to mark Children’s Mental Health Week, highlighting a study which found that nearly two thirds of children feel worried all the time. As he says, stress and worry are part of life but it’s important that people have the right support when they need it […]
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LibLink: David Laws – The road to student retention
David Laws has been writing for Times Higher Education focussing on the worrying number of disadvantaged students dropping out of higher education: The UK government’s target to double the number of disadvantaged young people going to university by 2020 is laudable. Access to higher education offers a platform for young people to succeed and is central […]
LibLink: Kirsty Williams: Cancer care in Wales
All the parties in Wales have been asked to write a blog for the Tenovus Cancer Care charity’s website. This is what Kirsty Williams had to say: Cancer is something that will touch the life of everyone in Wales at some point. So when it does, the system needs to be ready to step up […]
LibLink: Kirsty Williams: Cancer care in Wales
All the parties in Wales have been asked to write a blog for the Tenovus Cancer Care charity’s website. This is what Kirsty Williams had to say: Cancer is something that will touch the life of everyone in Wales at some point. So when it does, the system needs to be ready to step up […]
LibLink: Nick Clegg: We’ve made progress on mental health but there’s still work to do
Nick Clegg has written about mental health in today’s Evening Standard column. One story illustrates different attitudes to physical and mental health: A few years ago, I met a man called Robert at a mental health trust in Liverpool. He was in his sixties, well-dressed and with a neatly trimmed moustache that gave him something […]
LibLink: Norman Lamb MP: Government must fund equality for mental health
Writing for PoliticsHome, former Liberal Democrat Health Minister Norman Lamb argued that the Government must put its money where its mouth is when it comes to ensuring equality for mental health: The Spending Review is a critical moment that will shape the Government’s spending for the duration of the Parliament, and the Chancellor of the […]
LibLink: Shirley Williams tells George Osborne that he has 10 days to save the NHS
View image | gettyimages.com Writing in the Guardian, Shirley Williams picks up the baton passed on by Nigel Crisp, the former chief executive of the NHS, who four years ago wrote about his experiences in his book 24 Hours to Save the NHS. Shirley explains that many of the financial woes in the NHS have been […]
LibLink: Nick Clegg: My family are up in arms over ham but I’m raging over sugar
View image | gettyimages.com Nick Clegg’s been on a bit of a journey on his views about sugar consumption. In an article for the Evening Standard last week, he outlined the dangers of consuming too much hidden sugar and said that he now favoured strong action to reduce our sugar consumption: Now, finally, we are […]
LibLink: Nick Clegg: My family are up in arms over ham but I’m raging over sugar
View image | gettyimages.com Nick Clegg’s been on a bit of a journey on his views about sugar consumption. In an article for the Evening Standard last week, he outlined the dangers of consuming too much hidden sugar and said that he now favoured strong action to reduce our sugar consumption: Now, finally, we are […]
LibLink: Claire Tyler on Equality4MentalHealth
We have covered the launch of the Equality for Mental Health Campaign this week and we also linked to Norman Lamb’s account of his son’s struggles with mental health. And now our spokesperson in the Lords on Mental Health, Claire Tyler, has written an article in Politics Home. She outlines the campaign then writes: Our job […]