Author Archives: Emily Yillah

NHS England is running an online survey to gather feedback about people’s experiences of personal health budgets in England. The survey, managed by Quality Health, is aimed at all current or previous personal health budget and integrated personal budget holders. It is open from Thursday […]

Age UK, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, and the Future Planning project have produced a new leaflet, Future Planning: your wishes. The leaflet aims to encourage people to discuss and write down their wishes about their care, information about health conditions and […]

Sense, our partners in the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have created a new resource to support families. Many disabled people are cared for by their families. Family members play a key role in enabling and empowering them, becoming experts in their care. However, few families […]

A new national consensus between policing, health and social care organisations was launched last week. The aim is to work together to improve people’s health and wellbeing, prevent crime and protect the most vulnerable people in England. By working together and intervening early to address […]

The NSPCC wants to develop a set of tools and guidance for professionals to help them better listen, hear and notice young people’s disclosures. To help develop the resource, they are holding a survey for professionals who work directly or indirectly with children and young […]

The Kings Fund has launched a new report looking at the different types of volunteering going on in partnership with doctors’ surgeries: Volunteering in General Practice. The report identifies four approaches to supporting volunteering in general practice: use of volunteers to enable general practice to […]

You may barely have heard the term ‘Accountable Care Systems’ before – but as of 2 February, these have become known as Integrated Care Systems. The change was made in new guidance from NHS England, setting out the expectations for commissioners and providers in updating […]

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The NHS is 70 years old this year. At FaithAction, we are celebrating the valuable contribution that volunteers and faith communities play in supporting the NHS and improving health and wellbeing in their communities. That’s why we have launched the FaithAction Health Award – to […]

We know that smaller charities are great at providing value for money. When they provide public services, they can also offer a greater choice for commissioners, effective outcomes and person centred services. We also know that to unlock the full potential of the voluntary, community […]