Health and Care

NHS Volunteer Responders has reopened requests for Check In and Chat and Check In and Chat Plus volunteers to help patients who feel isolated or lonely by providing regular friendly phone calls. The decision to bring the service back follows insight from GPs and social […]

The Association of Mental Health Providers, part of the Mental Health Consortium in the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are calling for urgent action to support community mental health services. Their new research reveals alarming insights into the demand on mental health services. Over 8 […]

The NHS North East London Cancer Alliance, in partnership with The Eve Appeal (a leading UK charity raising awareness of and funding research for gynaecological cancers) recently launched the ‘You Need to Know’ campaign. The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness of womb […]

The Maternity Consortium, fellow members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, recently hosted a webinar sharing learning from the Starting Well Fund. The Starting Well Fund, run by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England and Improvement, aims to improve health […]

The APPG on Ageing and Older people are holding a session on health inequalities on older people. The meeting will look at health inequalities among older people. There are deep inequalities in how different people experience health in later life, and that these inequalities are […]

The National LGBT Partnership, fellow members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have launched their LBT+ Women’s Health Week calendar of events. LBT+ Women’s Health Week will be running from the 6th to 10th of March 2023. There are a variety of events for […]

The Maternity Consortium, fellow members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are holding two free online events to support maternal mental health services and specialist perinatal mental health teams to deliver inclusive and accessible services. The events will provide attendees with the opportunity to […]

National  Voices, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have recently launched a new resource, ‘Tackling inequality and disadvantage: Key actions policy makers, commissioners and provider organisations can take when developing an approach with a digital component’. Through detailed insights, the resource highlights […]

A couple of weeks ago, FaithAction’s National Executive Director Daniel Singleton spoke to BBC Local Radio stations across the country to highlight the positive role faith groups play in helping their communities deal with health issues, especially in the light of the current industrial disputes […]

NHS England’s Innovation, Research and Life Sciences (IRLS) team/Health Education England is working with Wessex Academic Health Science Network and other partners to scope and develop a national education programme to enhance innovation adoption and empower a culture of innovation across the health, social care […]