Health and Care

Friends, Families and Travellers and Roma Support Group, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, are running a series of lunchtime webinars to launch a series of resources developed as part of their work as part of the Alliance. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller […]

On 26 August 2024, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England launched the second wave of their childhood immunisation campaign across England, focusing on increasing vaccine uptake among children aged 0-5. With falling vaccine rates and the risk of serious childhood diseases, this […]

The government is consulting on whether to give asylum seekers and other people with no recourse to public funds a statutory right to access support from the Healthy Start scheme. Healthy Start gives pregnant women, parents and children under four access to funding to buy […]

The LGBT Consortium, part of the LGBT Partnership, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have released a new report about sexual reproductive health for LBT women. The report covers information about relationships and sex education, access to sexual and reproductive health services, […]

Last week, the Race Equality Foundation, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, held a webinar on annual health checks for people with a learning disability, with over 250 health and social care professionals and people with lived experience in attendance. The webinar […]

Skills for Care has unveiled a comprehensive Workforce Strategy to revolutionise adult social care in England. Developed in collaboration with sector stakeholders, the strategy addresses critical workforce challenges like high vacancy rates and turnover and emphasises the need for improved pay and training. Recognising the […]

The Race Equality Foundation and Valuing People Alliance, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance are hosting a webinar on Tuesday 23 July 2024 to release our co-produced video on Annual Health Checks (AHCs) for people with a learning disability from Black, Asian and […]

Hospice UK, part of the Palliative and End of Life Care Consortium, fellow members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, have an opportunity for people with a life-limiting condition and unpaid carers, staff and volunteers providing care and support to people with a life-limiting […]

Special Care Dentistry involves the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. As part of a London-wide review for […]

Sehhat are holding a webinar launch of their new report looking at the impact of suicide in the Punjabi community. In this webinar you will be able to hear from an individual with lived experiences and the findings from the report. You can register and […]