Author Archives: Emily Yillah

We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Julie D’Souza Walsh from The Furnival, a community hub in Sheffield. Working largely with young people through the mentoring and therapeutic project ‘Cellar Space’, they have branched out more recently to include Creative English, after school clubs, […]

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USPG – United Society Partners in the Gospel – is a mission agency of the Church of England. It is currently running a survey to explore what amazing things faith-based organisations are doing in the UK, from all faith traditions. It is also interested in […]

Carers UK has recently produced the following: An updated key information guide for carers, Looking After Someone. This provides an overview of the practical and financial support available for carers An updated Local support directory to help carers find local sources of support A briefing that […]

NHS Digital is using social media to help raise awareness of how digital technology can benefit patients, and save the NHS time and money this winter. You can help the NHS spread this message by using a social media toolkit — equipped with example Tweets, […]

A review is underway to consider and make recommendations on improving legislation and practice around the Mental Health Act. The review was set up to look at how the legislation in the Mental Health Act 1983 is used and how practice can improve. The purpose […]

NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, is holding its annual conference on 26 June in Manchester. Free tickets can be applied for through a bursary scheme, available to national patient, carer, service user and voluntary organisations. The core themes of this year’s conference, ‘Improving […]

The December newsletter is now available, including updates on the work of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance and news from the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England.. If you would like to subscribe directly, please email [email protected]. Download the newsletter here

The Department of Health (DH) is carrying out a review into the impacts of recent changes to the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations. These changes have meant that non-exempt overseas visitors are now additionally chargeable for NHS services (excluding primary care services) when they […]

NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, is inviting responses to the draft of a new quality standard, ‘Promoting health and preventing premature mortality among black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups’. This document sets out what quality care should look like, and […]