Zeroing In on “Zero Tolerance” School Discipline Laws
The majority of US state laws still rely on “zero tolerance” exclusionary school discipline, despite evidence the policies may do more harm than good.
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By John Tingle Suicide prevention needs to be taken more seriously globally by governments, health systems as an urgent public health concern. WHO (World Health Organisation) states that close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which translates to one person dying every 40 seconds. For each adult who died by suicide there…
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Read more: Author Q&A: Reducing High-Dose Opioid Prescribing Author Q&A: Reducing High-Dose Opioid Prescribing
A new article in Pain Medicine describes U.S. policies limiting high morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) prescribing. We spoke with author Sara Heins.
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Read more: Learning from Patient Deaths in the NHS Learning from Patient Deaths in the NHS
By John Tingle The independent regulator of health and social care in England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has just published a report on how the National Health Service (NHS) is progressing in the first year of implementing national guidance on learning from deaths. The report follows on from another published in 2016 which detailed major…
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Read more: An Urgent Need to Improve Mental Health Care in the National Health Service An Urgent Need to Improve Mental Health Care in the National Health Service
Mental Health Care in the National Health Service in England has always existed in the shadow of physical care in terms of funding and NHS-government health policy priorities.
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Read more: The NHS Complaints System: Wither the Toxic Cocktail Image? The NHS Complaints System: Wither the Toxic Cocktail Image?
It is hard to be upbeat and positive about the NHS complaints system, there is a quarter of a century of reports pointing to repeated chronic problems and unlearnt lessons.
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Read more: Opportunity Atlas Creates Opportunities for Legal Epidemiology Opportunity Atlas Creates Opportunities for Legal Epidemiology
Legal epidemiology can provide an organized method to examine the laws that are present in each of these communities and assess the law’s effect.
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Read more: The role of the National Health Service (NHS) Constitution in balancing patient rights The role of the National Health Service (NHS) Constitution in balancing patient rights
By John Tingle The Department of Health and Social Care in England has just published two important publications on the NHS Constitution. The Handbook to the NHS Constitution for England, updated and the Third Report on the Effect of the NHS Constitution.
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Read more: Pennsylvania Not Alone in Denying Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Women Pennsylvania Not Alone in Denying Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Women
Pennsylvania is not the only state that imposes funding limitations through state law.