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I think, in the years following the pandemic, there will be an increase in mental health problems and an increase in PTSD given the experiences and heartbreak so many people have faced and are facing

Cross-party pledges must be made to prioritise investment in children’s social care, social work recruitment, and preventative mental health services

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BASW England welcomes the candid analysis in ADASS' recently released report Themes and Learning from ADASS Members on the Local Response to COVID-19 in Spring and Early Summer 2020.

BASW Cymru response to the Chancellor of Exchequer’s spending review

Julie Morgan AS/MS, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, confirms social workers in Wales are integral to ensuring the wellbeing of residents in residential care and should be recognised as professional visitors

The Wales’ Anti-Poverty Coalition, of which BASW Cymru is a member, has written to the Welsh First Minister

A group of royal colleges and professional bodies, including BASW Cymru, has written to Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh National Assembly.

This latest information paints an increasingly stark and concerning picture about the way that people with learning disabilities have been treated throughout the first wave of the pandemic.