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APPG Faith New Deal and Love Southampton
On Monday 26th February, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Faith and Society held an event celebrating the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund, spotlighting Love Southampton at Portcullis House. Through the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund, Love Southampton supported local food aid and redistribution efforts and […]
Improving Uptake of Annual Health Checks for People with a Learning Disability from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic backgrounds
The Race Equality Foundation has been working on more equal health care for people with a learning disability from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, making sure more people get an annual health check. The REF has found that there is not enough information on […]
National Voices are launching the new VCSE resource library
This week, National Voices is publishing a resource library for the Alliance’s publications to date, organised by theme. The aim of this resource library is to showcase all of the important work undertaken by members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance in pursuit of […]
NHS England looking for health inequalities training for non-clinical staff
NHS England is looking for examples of best practice of health inequalities training for non-clinical staff. They are keen to hear about examples of best practice, to allow them to understand where gaps might exist. This is part of NHS England’s long-term ambition to embed capability […]
Department of Health and Social Care launches new consultation on the role of incentives schemes in general practice
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation on the role of incentives schemes in general practice, considering future opportunities for reform, with a focus on two main schemes: Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) These schemes aim […]
Have your say on new cancer testing development
Medical professionals from Imperial College of London are currently working on developing a breath test for early detection of digestive tract (oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver and colon) cancers. As part of their work, they have developed a survey to understand the community’s opinion on breath […]
NHS Young People’s Health Challenge – open to Expressions of Interest
NHS England and Barnardo’s, fellow members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have created the NHS Young People’s Health Challenge (YPHC), a new toolkit directed towards 7–14-year-olds across England to find out more about the NHS. The toolkit was developed in partnership with children […]
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#I’llridewithyou is a better way
I wrote a blog in 2015 at the time of the Paris attacks, when extremists attacked the offices of a magazine called Charlie Hebdo. As a means of standing in solidarity with those in Paris, many people took up the #JeSuisCharlie hashtag. But there was […]
Get involved with the national Children and Young People’s (CYP) Board
NHS England is recruiting six young people (aged 13-23 years old) to the national Children and Young People’s (CYP) Board, which supports the work of the CYP Transformation Programme. Young Board Members (YBMs) share their experience and knowledge to help improve national policy and service […]
Health Wellbeing Alliance Network Webinar
As part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, the Race Equality Foundation has been working with voluntary and community organisations to look at whether Black African and Caribbean people with severe mental illness know about and use the physical health checks for people with […]