March 2023 I CONTENTS

CLINICAL Spirituality and the healthcare assistant, 5. 114 Spiritual care and the elderly Chris Barber Bullying in the workplace 120 Ian Peate

PROFESSIONAL Today isn’t the end; it’s the beginning:

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a conference for mental health support workers Peter Bradley ‘Opening the door’ to employment in the NHS: 106 the healthcare support worker role and people with lived experience of homelessness Ian Kessler

HEALTH MATTERS Editorial: Yes, you can

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Peter Bradley Social prescribing for psychosocial support 126 in the wake of long COVID Sarah Jane Palmer Last page: Urgent action needed to 134 prevent eating disorder deaths Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

120 Bullying in the workplace

106 Lived experience of homelessness ly

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134 Preventing eating disorder deaths

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