Health and Care

Healthwatch England want to better understand people’s experiences getting a referral from a GP. They know many people find it hard to get a GP referral to another NHS service. This survey considers referrals beyond ‘elective care’ and includes cancer, mental health and community care […]

Friends Families and Travellers, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, are holding an online event to launch their new report: Tackling Suicide Inequalities in Gypsy and Traveller communities The event will be hosted by the APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, and will […]

The National LGBT Partnership, a member of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have published a survey for LBT+ women and femme-aligned people who are 16+ and live in England. It explores sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing. The link to the survey is here: http://s.alchemer.com/s3/LBTWomensHealth

The Homeless Health Consortium, part of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, have produced a report, Bridging the Health Gap. The report sets out the findings from a series of focus groups the Consortium held with frontline workers and people with lived experience of homelessness, […]

Fellow members of the VCSE Health & Wellbeing Alliance, Friends, Families and Travellers have been given some local and national funding to build a better understanding of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller womens’ experiences of maternal healthcare. They want to hear your experiences – good and […]

Local Healthwatch engage with local people on their experience with health and social care services. They represent the voice of local people in the health and social care debate, and work with relevant stakeholders in health and social care to improve services for people like […]

Samaritans has submitted evidence to the Government’s consultation on a new suicide prevention plan for England. Samaritans leads the Suicide Prevention Consortium, part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance. The plan, which was consulted on at the same time as a proposed 10-year Mental Health […]

The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.  The awards are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund. They are open to registered charities that are at least three […]

Everyone can benefit from taking simple steps to look after their mental health and wellbeing, but people don’t always understand the positive link with physical activity. As part of the Physical Activity & Wellbeing legacy ambition for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which aims to […]

As part of our work within the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, we recently held two roundtables that aimed to uncover best practice in the inclusion of faith- and community-based centres in the roll out of social prescribing and tackling loneliness. Faith and community groups […]