Health and Care

Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2022 NHS England has launched its national Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES), asking for feedback from cancer patients (16 years and over*), to inform and improve local cancer services across England. The NHS want patients to have the best experience possible […]

The Race Equality Foundation has published a report on physical health checks for people with severe mental illness (SMI) from Black African and Caribbean communities. This project aimed to find out more about whether Black African and Caribbean people with SMI are aware of and […]

Carers Trust works to transform the lives of unpaid carers, their vision is that unpaid carers are heard and valued, with access to support, advice and resources to enable them to live fulfilled lives. Carers Trust has just launched a survey for young carers and […]

The NHS is working hard to improve maternity and neonatal services and they would like your help to shape how they do it. You can do this by completing their survey with your views. NHS England is writing an updated delivery plan for how they […]

MBRRACE-UK have published the MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care report for 2022. This report includes surveillance data on women who died during or up to one year after pregnancy between 2018 and 2020 in the UK. In addition, it also includes Confidential Enquiries into […]

Voiceability, a member of the Complex Needs Consortium in the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have published a research project on ‘The impact of opt-out advocacy’. Independent mental health advocacy is one important means by which people admitted to mental health in-patient services can have […]

From 1 April 2023, a Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) will be available to individuals residing in England, which on purchase would give free entitlement to HRT medication for a period of 12 calendar months from the date of purchase. People will be able to purchase […]

Homeless Link, part of the Homeless Health Consortium within the VSCE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have published a new report – The Unhealthy State of Homelessness 2022: Findings from the Homeless Health Needs Audit. It is well known that people experiencing homelessness face significant health […]

#StartWithPeople is the premier event for people involving in public engagement in the health sector within the UK; bringing together world-renowned experts in this space and senior NHS leaders with practitioners who are delivering this agenda in the heart of their communities. This virtual conference […]

NHS England is carrying out research to understand more about the experiences of adults living with diabetes. The findings will inform how services are delivered and help the NHS support people to manage their condition in the future They would like to speak to those […]